Two Slovakian operators merged on New Year Eve, next step 5G rollout

Swan and Swan Mobile (4ka), the two Slovak operators, merged to create a full-fledged telecommunications operator with an offer of convergent, fixed, and mobile services.

“We have integrated smaller players over the last decade and three years ago, by merging the two largest alternative operators – Benestra and Swan, we created a relevant Slovak competitor to the big three multinational telecommunications operators,” said Juraj Ondriš, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Swan.

“Today, it is an equally important operation that will allow us to be an even stronger player. We are also joining our sister telecommunications operators Swan and Swan Mobile due to the possibility of gradually creating and offering packages of fixed and mobile services,” he added.

In addition, the new operator will be managed under the Swan company name, and provide convergent fixed and mobile services, according to a company release.

While mobile and fixed services for B2C customers will be provided under the 4ka brand, services for corporate customers will be provided under the Swan brand. As such, the new operator will continue expanding its 5G network, with services scheduled to launch in Trnava and Nitra over the coming few months.

It is worth mentioning that the number of mobile subscribers in Croatia was 7.4 million subscribers in 2019, and amounting to 7.29 million subscribers in 2020, according to the GlobalEconomy.

“We have integrated smaller players over the last decade and three years ago, by merging the two largest alternative operators – Benestra and Swan, we created a relevant Slovak competitor to the big three multinational telecommunications operators. Today, it is an equally important operation that will allow us to be an even stronger player. We are also joining our sister telecommunications operators Swan and Swan Mobile due to the possibility of gradually creating and offering packages of fixed and mobile services, ” said Juraj Ondriš, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Swan.

Roman Vavrík, who has previously headed Swan and will also lead the unified operator as CEO added: “We have the ambition to become the third national operator in Slovakia with a convergent offer next year. Another important task before us is to build a 5G network, which we, by the way, in cooperation with Swan and Swan Mobile, was the first in Slovakia to put into commercial operation.”