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Astral Telecom was a Romanian telecommunications based in Cluj-Napoca, owned by UPC. It was founded in 1993.
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In 2000, Astral TV merged with Storm TV and TV Cablu, forming Astral Telecom.
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In 2003, the company adopted a new logo and motto.
On July 29, 2005, UPC Romania acquired Astral and folded its consumer brand into the UPC brand. Its business division retained the Astral name until 2007, when it was similarly phased out.
| Subsidiaries, joint ventures and licensees: Europe: Albania | Channel Islands (Airtel-Vodafone)1 | Cyprus (Cytamobile-Vodafone) | Czech Republic (Oskarta) | Germany | Greece | Ireland | Italy (TeleTu | ho-mobile) | Netherlands2 (50%) (Vodafone | Ziggo) | Northern Cyprus (Telsim Vodafone) | Portugal (Yorn) | Romania | Turkey | United Kingdom (Talkmobile | Voxi) Middle East and Africa: Egypt | Kenya (40%) (Safaricom) Asia-Pacific: Vi (India)3 (45.2%) | Australia (TPG Telecom) (25%)4 Authorized licensees (not owned): Partnerships: Former operations: Divested: SmarTone (Hong Kong) | Verizon Wireless5 (United States) | J-PHONE–Vodafone (Japan) | SFR (France) | Nema (Faroe Islands) | Si.mobil–Vodafone (Slovenia) | Europolitan–Vodafone (Sweden) | MTC–Vodafone (Bahrain) | Orange (United Kingdom) | Ghana | Hungary | yu (Spain) Sponsorships
1Joint venture with Bharti Airtel.  |
