KOSOVO
| Useful things to know: |
| Prefix: |
+381 (landline, Serbia) - +377 (mobile, Monaco), +386 (mobile, Slovenia) |
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| Money: |
Euro |
| Electricity: |
220V - 50Hz |
| Time Zone: |
UTC+1 (CET) |
Kosovo (Albanian: Kosova, Kosovë) is a disputed region in the Balkans.
Its majority is governed by the partially-recognised Republic of Kosovo (Albanian: Republika e Kosovës), which claims all the territory of
Yugoslavia's 1974-1990 Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo of SR Serbia. The modern Republic of Serbia does not recognise the secession of
the province and considers Kosovo a United Nations-governed entity within its sovereign territory.
(from Wikipedia)
Talking about mobile networks, Kosovo has two GSM 900MHz networks, both of them with "foreign" international prefix, making it quite a unique
case in the GSM World market. Because of the still unclear political situation, Kosovo does not have its own international prefix code. So
landline numbers still use the +381 Serbian code, while the two mobile operators use +377 Monaco prefix (Vala) and +386 Slovenian one (IPKO).
Telenor and Telekom Srbija (Serbian operators) used to have coverage in Prishtinë and some other little areas of Kosovo, but their towers
have been dismantled in the independentist territory, so that GSM coverage is now offered only by the two local operators.
In 2009 also the first MVNO appeared in Kosovo. It's called D3 and uses IPKO's Slovenian network. The secondo MVNO, Z Mobile, uses Vala's
network and Monaco prefix.
GSM Operators
| Posta dhe Telekomunikacioni i Kosovës, SH.A. (Vala Mobile) |
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Prepaid Card Name: |
Pre-paid |
| Activation Fee/Credit included: |
€ 5.00/5.00 |
| Card Validity after activation: |
90+14 days |
| Net Frequency: |
GSM 900 |
| Logo, Net Code: |
Vala, MC 01, 212 01 |
| Coverage Map: |
Official Site |
| Prepaid offer: |
click here |
| Last update: |
03/02/10 |
| IPKO (Si Mobitel) |
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Prepaid Card Name: |
Prepaid |
| Activation Fee/Credit included: |
??? |
| Card Validity after activation: |
330+30 days |
| Net Frequency: |
GSM 900 |
| Logo, Net Code: |
iPKO, 293 41 |
| Coverage Map: |
not available |
| Prepaid offer: |
click here |
| Last update: |
03/02/10 |
Virtual Operators
| D3 Mobile |
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Prepaid Card Name: |
D3 |
| Activation Fee/Credit included: |
??? |
| Card Validity after activation: |
330+30 days |
| Net Frequency: |
GSM 900 |
| Logo, Net Code: |
D3, 293 41 |
| Network: |
IPKO |
| Prepaid offer: |
click here |
| Last update: |
03/02/10 |
| Z Mobile |
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Prepaid Card Name: |
Prepaid |
| Activation Fee/Credit included: |
??? |
| Card Validity after activation: |
330+30 days |
| Net Frequency: |
GSM 900 |
| Logo, Net Code: |
Z Mobile, 212 01 |
| Network: |
Vala |
| Prepaid offer: |
click here |
| Last update: |
03/02/10 |
