EMT (mobile operator)

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AS EMT
Company typePublic
Industry Telecommunications
Founded1991
Defunct2016
HeadquartersValge 16
19095 Tallinn
Estonia
Key people
Valdo Kalm (CEO)
Leho Tamm (CFO)
Indrek Randveer (Executive VP Customer Care and Sales)
Tõnu Grünberg (Executive VP Development and Technology)
Piret Dubout (Executive VP Marketing)
Tiit Tammiste (Executive VP IT)
Products Mobile network operator
Website www.emt.ee

AS EMT was Estonia's and one of the Baltic's largest mobile operator. Founded on 28 April 1991 as an Estonian under Eesti Telekom (now Telia Eesti).

On 20 January 2016, the company, along with telecommunications provider Elion were merged under the Telia name, along with parent company Eesti Telekom becoming Telia Eesti.

The company is headquartered in Tallinn. Traded on NASDAQ OMX stock exchanges.

AS EMT began operations on April 28, 1991, when a joint venture was formed by Eesti Telekom (51%), Sweden's Telia (24.5%) and Finland's Sonera (24.5%). On September 1, 2014, the company was merged with its parent company Eesti Telekom, which continued to use the EMT brand when offering mobile communication services. On January 20, 2016, Eesti Telekom changed its business name to Telia Eesti AS and merged the existing brands Elion and EMT into one Telia. [1] [2]

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References

  1. "Estonia's Eesti Telekom rebrands as Telia". Archived from the original on 21 June 2023.
  2. "Eesti Telekom adopts Telia Eesti as new business name". The Baltic Course | Baltic States news & analytics. Retrieved 17 June 2024.