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A1 (known as One.Vip from 2015 to 2019) is one of two telecom companies in the Balkan country of North Macedonia, the other being Makedonski Telekom. It is owned by A1 Telekom Austria Group.
Cosmofon[]
2003–2006[]
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A1 was founded in June 2003 as Cosmofon.
2006–2009[]
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One[]
2009–2015[]
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In 2009, OTE of Greece sold Cosmofon to Telekom Slovenije, which renamed it to One. OTE is owned by Deutsche Telekom of Germany, which owns Makedonski Telekom, the main competitor of A1.
Vip operator[]
2007–2015[]
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One.Vip[]
2015–2019[]
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One.Vip was created by the 2015 merger of One, owned by Telekom Slovenije (which had acquired it from OTE of Greece), and Vip operator, owned by A1 Telekom Austria Group, which now owns the entirety of the company (up from 55%, after Telekom Slovenije agreed to give up its 45% stake).
A1[]
2019–present[]
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On 5 September 2019, the One.Vip brand was phased out in favour of the A1 brand, as had been done in all other European markets except Serbia (where the Vip mobile brand will be replaced by A1 in 2020). This came a month after Velcom in Belarus also rebranded to A1.
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| Part of América Móvil (59.7%)
Current brands: A1 (Austria | Belarus | Bulgaria | Croatia | North Macedonia | Serbia | Slovenia)  |
| Main companies Cosmote (TV) | Frog Mobile | Germanos | What's Up Television channels Former/Defunct
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