Private company

Yettel Bulgaria

Logo: Yettel, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Bulgarian telecommunications company

Yettel Bulgaria (formerly known as Telenor Bulgaria) is the third largest mobile network and the third largest fixed telecommunications company in Bulgaria. The company was founded under the name "Cosmo Bulgaria Mobile" in 2001 by OTE and operated under the brand name "Globul" until 2014.2 It employed 1,632 people in 2021.1 It is part of PPF Group.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

Sep 17, 2001Founded1
  • Industrymobile phone industry, telecommunications industry1
  • HeadquartersSofia1
  • Websitewww.yettel.bg
  • Legal formlimited liability company1

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Yettel Bulgaria (formerly known as Telenor Bulgaria) is the third largest mobile network and the third largest fixed telecommunications company in Bulgaria. The company was founded under the name "Cosmo Bulgaria Mobile" in 2001 by OTE and operated under the brand name "Globul" until 2014.2

Corporate structure

Yettel Bulgaria is part of a group headed by PPF Group. 120 entities, 20 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • PPF Group Praha, Czechia
    • CETIN Group 100% · Amsterdam, Netherlands
      • CETIN Finco B.V. Subsidiary · 100% · Amsterdam, Netherlands
    • PPF Financial Holdings 100% · Praha, Czechia
      • Home Credit 100% · Amsterdam, Netherlands
        • Home Credit International a.s. Subsidiary · 100% · Praha 6, Czechia
        • CONG TY TAI CHINH TRACH NHIEM HUU HAN MOT THANH VIEN HOME CREDIT VIET NAM Subsidiary · Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
        • My Air Subsidiary · Czechia
        • Home Credit N.V., odstepny zavod (Home Credit N.V., odštěpný závod) Branch · 100% · Amsterdam, Netherlands
      • Arvum investiční společnost a.s. Subsidiary · 100% · Praha 6, Czechia
      • Yettel Bank a.d. Belgrade Subsidiary · 100% · Beograd, Serbia
    • Škoda a.s. 80% · Praha, Czechia
      • Bammer trade a.s. Subsidiary · 100% · Plzeň, Czechia
      • Skoda Group Components and Systems a.s. (Škoda Group Components and Systems a.s.) Subsidiary · 100% · Plzeň, Czechia
      • SKODA GROUP PILSEN a.s. (ŠKODA GROUP PILSEN a.s.) Subsidiary · 100% · Plzeň, Czechia
    • Yettel Bulgaria Sofia
    • Central European Media Enterprises Subsidiary · 100% · Prague, Czechia
    • CETIN Subsidiary · 100% · Praha 9, Czechia
    • Škoda Transportation Subsidiary · 100% · Plzeň, Czechia
      • Ekova Electric 100% · Ostrava, Czechia
      • Škoda Electric 100% · Plzeň, Czechia
      • Škoda Pars 100% · Šumperk, Czechia
      • Škoda Vagonka 100% · Ostrava, Czechia
      • Poll Subsidiary · 100% · Praha 5, Czechia
      • Škoda Transtech Subsidiary · 100% · Oulu, Finland
      • Vagonmash Subsidiary · 51% · Saint Petersburg, Russia
      • Rolling Stock Components s.r.o. Subsidiary · 100% · Plzeň, Czechia
      • SKODA CITY SERVICE s.r.o. (ŠKODA CITY SERVICE s.r.o.) Subsidiary · 100% · Plzeň, Czechia
      • SKODA TVC s.r.o. (ŠKODA TVC s.r.o.) Subsidiary · 100% · Plzeň, Czechia
      • ŠKODA CITY SERVICE Subsidiary · 100% · Czechia
      • Škoda Digital Subsidiary · 100% · Czechia
      • ŠKODA TVC Subsidiary · 100% · Czechia
      • Ganz-Skoda Electric Subsidiary · Hungary
      • MOVO Subsidiary · Czechia
    • PPF Banka Subsidiary · 92.96% · Praha 6, Czechia
      • PPF Co3 B.V. Subsidiary · 100% · Amsterdam, Netherlands
    • SCTbio Subsidiary · 92.16% · Prague
    • Air Bank Subsidiary · 88.62% · Praha, Czechia
      • AB 4 B.V. Subsidiary · 100% · Amsterdam, Netherlands
      • Home Credit Slovakia, a.s. Subsidiary · Piešťany, Slovakia
    • Home Credit Subsidiary · 88.62% · Brno, Czechia
    • Home Credit and Finance Bank Subsidiary · 88.62% · Москва, Russia
    • Zonky Subsidiary · 88.62% · Prague, Czech Republic
    • O2 Czech Republic Subsidiary · 83.4% · Praha 4, Czechia
      • Bolt Start Up Development Subsidiary · 100% · Prague, Czech Republic
      • INTENS Corporation Subsidiary · 100% · Prague, Czech Republic
      • Mluvii Subsidiary · 100% · Prague, Czech Republic
      • Nordic Telecom Regional Subsidiary · Czechia
      • Tesco Mobile ČR Subsidiary · Czechia
    • O2 IT Services Subsidiary · 83.4% · Prague, Czech Republic
    • O2 Slovakia Subsidiary · 83.4% · Bratislava
    • LEAG Subsidiary · 50% · Cottbus
      • Lausitz Energie Bergbau Subsidiary · 80% · Germany
      • Lausitz Energie Kraftwerke Subsidiary · 80% · Germany
    • CzechToll Subsidiary · Prague
    • PPF Comco Subsidiary · Amsterdam, Netherlands
    • Sotio Biotech Subsidiary · Prague
    • VITRONIC Machine Vision Subsidiary · Wiesbaden, Germany
    • VÚKV Subsidiary · Praha 5, Stodůlky, Czechia
    • Yettel Hungary Subsidiary · Törökbálint
    • Yettel Serbia Subsidiary · Belgrade
    • Škoda Investment Subsidiary · Praha 6, Czechia
      • ŠKODA SERVIS 100% · Plzeň, Czechia
      • FVE Tuchlovice Subsidiary · 100% · Czechia
    • and 39 more

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Products and brands

  • mobile telephony

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Former owners and parents

From Wikidata.1

Employees over time

  • 20211,6321

Timeline

  1. 2018Acquired Acquired by PPF Group1
  2. 2013Acquired Acquired by Telenor1
  3. Sep 17, 2001Founded Founded1
  4. 2001Acquired Acquired by Telekom (Greece)1

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