Unitel (Universal or United telecommunications) is a Mongolian Corporate Group of information technology companies, headquartered at Central Tower in downtown Ulan Bator, Mongolia. It was founded on December 23, 2005 as BSB consortium as GSM mobile phone operator and began operations on June 26, 2006. As a provider of mobile telephone services, Unitel is the second largest company in terms of subscriber base and 14th largest company in Mongolia as measured by a composite of revenues, profits, assets and taxes. Its revenue, profits and revenue per subscriber figures are rapidly growing. Unitel also provides broadband subscription television services through Univision.
Within its initial launch year, Unitel acquired 200 thousand subscribers, the biggest acquisition in one year in Mongolian telecommunication history. In 2009, Unitel launched its 3G network on HSDPA 2100 MHz. Unitel network covers approximately 88% of total population of Mongolia.
In November 2010, Unitel declared that it has become 100% indigenous company (i.e. Mongolian share owners bought all share from the Korean side). In 2011, Unitel renewed its logo. Logo (Fibonacci spiral) represents growth and harmony. Major shareholder of the company is MCS Holding, Mongolian largest privately held organization.
Members of the group
UNITEL, mobile network operator
MCS Com, broadband ISP
MONSAT, satellite communication service provider
SKYNETWORKS, Mongolia's biggest fiber-optic network
Shangri-La Group, new era of fixed phone
UNIVISION, triple-play operator IPTV, internet, fixed phone
History
2001. MCSCom was established and provided broadband internet service. 2003. Monsat introduced satellite communication service for the first time in Mongolia. 2004. Skynetworks started construction of its UB’s widest fiber-optic network. 2005. BSB Tia company. 2011. Univision launched first triple-play service (IPTV, IPPhone, IPNet) of Mongolia. 2011. Unitel, MCSCom, Monsat, Skynetworks, Skynetcom and Univision united to establish UNITEL GROUP. 2014. Unitel, Mongolian №1 ICT Group
Services
Mobile services
TourSim
International calling | IDD, Roaming
Postpaid services
Prepaid services
BlackBerry
IP phone service
Content services
3.5G services
Value added services
4G LTE
Infrastructure
Fiber optic (Fiber Core) High speed Ethernet Bandwidth FTTx Ethernet Designated (Exclusive) Network High security VPN IX (Internet Exchange) Wireless network 3.5G network LTE
Corporate ICT solution
Network establishment (satellite, fiber optic, radio) Internet Ethernet and VPN Mobile, satellite and fixed phone M2M LBS Mobile Marketing
Satellite communication services
Voice service
Data communication service
Fax services from Iridium, BGAN, Inmarsat, Globalstar, Thuraya.
Triple play
IPTV
Internet
IP Phone
Cloud computing
In 2011 Unitel launched the GreenBerry mobile mail service, which is Mongolia's first clouding service under an exclusive agreement with SEVEN Networks, US company.
LookTV
In 2016, Unitel launched its video streaming service, LookTV, where its subscribers can access video-on-demand contents much like Netflix. Monthly subscription fee is different depending on the packages, Asian Pack, Hollywood Pack, Mongolian Pack and ALL Pack which includes all the contents previous packs offer.