The NMT-450 Mobifon & Paging Revolution
Engineering the foundation of commercial wireless telephony in Bulgaria.
RTC Mobikom
Formed as a joint venture between the Bulgarian Telecommunications Company (BTC) and Cable & Wireless, Radio Telecommunication Company (RTC) Mobikom launched the first cellular service in the country.
The 450 MHz Spectrum
Operating on the Nordic Mobile Telephone standard at 450 MHz, a single base station covered up to 30 kilometers, providing reliable mobile signals in mountainous terrains long before GSM-900 arrived.
Benefon & Nokia Handsets
Rugged mobile hardware such as the Benefon Dragon, Benefon Spica, and Nokia Talkman became household symbols of business reliability across Sofia and regional economic corridors.
Paging & Mobika Cards
The nationwide beeper/pager dispatch network and thousands of orange Mobika phonecard booths brought affordable digital messaging to every Bulgarian municipality.