MobiCom Corporation МИБОРНИ | |
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Launched | 18 March 1996 |
Slogan | What drives you drives us |
Country | Mongolia |
Broadcast area | Mongolia |
Headquarters |
Sambuu street -47, Post office -38 Chingeltei district Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia |
Website | www.mobicom.mn |
Sambuu street -47, Post office -38
MobiCom Corporation (Mongolian: Мобиком Корпораци) is the largest mobile phone operator in Mongolia.
It was established as a joint Mongolian-Japanese venture on 18 March 1996, to be the first Mongolian cell phone service. It was founded by Newcom Group, Sumitomo, and KDDI. Mongolia's Newcom. In 2016 March, MobiCom was consolidated in KDDI Corporation Group and KDDI took majority share.
As of June, 2015, Mobicom holds over 33 percent of the mobile service market, with network coverage of 95 percent across the country, the widest range of coverage in Mongolia. It delivers its services through 64 branch units, 2,200 dealers and over 10,000 mobile sales points.
Aside from cellular communications, Mobicom also has services including international communications, Internet and satellite communications and wireless local loop or WLL. Its prepaid services are exclusively sold through Newtel LLC.
Mobicom introduced 3.5G networking in 2009, and provides HSPA.
Mobicome network support phones with UMTS 2100, HSDPA 2100, HSUPA 2100 or HSPA 2100 bands.
MobiCom became ISO certified for Quality Management System and Information Security Management in 2011, and was re-certified for another three years in 2014. The company also obtained its ISO 27001:2005 for Information Security Management System Standard in 2012. Currently, no other Mongolian mobile service provider companies have received the ISO certificate.
MobiCom Corporation has been known for its significant projects through its Corporate Social Responsibility programs. Since its establishment the mobile service operator company has invested 3.6 billion tugriks (USD 2 million) in a period of 18 years.
In 2008, the company organized the Lunch program at 12 primary schools in Ulaanbaatar city among 3,334 students. As a result, the students showed a better attendance rate with 0% tardiness as well a significant drop in sickness and a more active participation in academic work. Based on this achievement, the government and the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science implemented the Lunch project across the country for all primary and middle school students.
This project aimed at supporting the education sector, starting in 2010 at 19 schools in Bayanzurkh district of Ulaanbaatar city, 5 schools in Gobi-Altai and Dornogobi provinces each, and one school in Tsogttsetsii, Umnugobi province. MobiCom Corporation set up a workshop room with a digital management and training program as well as portal website while supplying highly advanced desktop and laptop computers and projector along with high-speed internet connections.