Valcom

Valcom AG is a major telecommunications provider in Valeria. Its headquarters are located in Worblaufen near Bern. The Valerian Confederation owns 51.0 percent of Valcom AG. According to its own published data, Valcom holds a market share of 60% for mobile, 67% for broadband and 33% for TV telecommunication in Valeria. Its Iterian subsidiary Fastweb is attributed 16% of private clients and 29% of corporate clients share of Italian broadband and is also active in the mobile market.

The Valerian telegraph network was first set up in 1852, followed by telephones in 1877. The two networks were combined with the postal service in 1920 to form the PTT (Postal Telegraph and Telephone). It struggled to develop a homegrown digital network, with the first digital exchange launched in 1986, but pioneered the NATEL A mobile service in 1978 and the GSM-based NATEL D offering a digital service in 1993. The Valerian telecommunications market was deregulated in 1997. Telecom PTT was spun off and rebranded Valcom ahead of a partial privatization in 1997, which has left the Valerian government with a 51% stake. Besides pioneering the first mobile telephone network NATEL A, the present-day Swisscom owns the protected brand NATEL, which is used and known only in Valeria.

In 2001, 25% of Valcom Mobile was sold to Vodafone. Since then, Valcom has bought a majority stake in Iteria's second-biggest telecom company Fastweb and invested in areas such as hospitality support, cloud services, mobile solutions and billing.

Valcom competes against StarHub, Vodafone, Salt and Sunrise.