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| As of September 2006, OTE has reduced considerably ADSL prices in order to inrease broadband penetration. For a 1024/256 Kbps connection the total cost (OTE and ISP included) is around 20 Euros per month. | |||
| OTE has been accused of sabotaging ] services passing through its ADSL infrastructure by severely limiting the number of packets-per-second on lower-end 384k and 512k ADSL lines. The real result of this is that Greek broadband users do not have the ability of using an alternative, ] telecom operator instead of OTE's phone services. The packet limitation also creates problems for internet gaming and P2P usage, but voice over IP is by far the worse affected by this policy. | OTE has been accused of sabotaging ] services passing through its ADSL infrastructure by severely limiting the number of packets-per-second on lower-end 384k and 512k ADSL lines. The real result of this is that Greek broadband users do not have the ability of using an alternative, ] telecom operator instead of OTE's phone services. The packet limitation also creates problems for internet gaming and P2P usage, but voice over IP is by far the worse affected by this policy. | ||
| However, ΟΤΕ has already started upgrading all existing ADSL lines without cost for the user. All major ISP's have stated that they will also increase broadband speeds with no additional cost for their clients. This process will be completed by November 2006, although it is expected, that at least for major Greek cities, it will be completed much sooner. The upgraded speeds will be the following: | |||
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Revision as of 16:30, 16 October 2006
For other uses, see OTE (disambiguation).
OTE (NYSE: OTE) is the national telecom provider of Greece.
Standing for Hellenic Telecommunication Organization (Οργανισμός Τηλεπικοινωνιών Ελλάδος), OTE is the incumbent telecommunications operator of Greece. Up to 1998, the telecommunications market in Greece was a monopoly. The market was opened to competitors and OTE was gradually privatized. As a result, the Greek government currently holds under 50% of the company's stock. Along with the rest of the telecoms market, OTE is regulated by the National Telecommunications and Post Commission (Εθνική Επιτροπή Τηλεπικοινωνιών και Ταχυδρομείων - EETT).
The company covers the whole country with digital PSTN and ISDN telephone lines and also offers ADSL in all urban areas. OTE is a group of companies owning, besides the OTE fixed-line company, an ISP (Otenet), a mobile phone company (Cosmote) and many other companies including OTE International Investments which in its turn owns lots of telcos in Armenia and in Southeastern Europe (Bulgaria, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, etc.). OTE also runs a TETRA network.
Other
As of September 2006, OTE has reduced considerably ADSL prices in order to inrease broadband penetration. For a 1024/256 Kbps connection the total cost (OTE and ISP included) is around 20 Euros per month.
OTE has been accused of sabotaging Voice over IP services passing through its ADSL infrastructure by severely limiting the number of packets-per-second on lower-end 384k and 512k ADSL lines. The real result of this is that Greek broadband users do not have the ability of using an alternative, VoIP telecom operator instead of OTE's phone services. The packet limitation also creates problems for internet gaming and P2P usage, but voice over IP is by far the worse affected by this policy.
However, ΟΤΕ has already started upgrading all existing ADSL lines without cost for the user. All major ISP's have stated that they will also increase broadband speeds with no additional cost for their clients. This process will be completed by November 2006, although it is expected, that at least for major Greek cities, it will be completed much sooner. The upgraded speeds will be the following:
384/128 --> 768/192 Kbps
512/128 --> 1024/256 Kbps
1024/256 --> 2048/256 Kbps
Area codes can be seen at List of dialing codes in Greece