Cosmote is the largest mobile network operator in Greece. The company is headquartered in Athens and is a fully owned subsidiary of the Hellenic Telecommunications Organization (OTE), the incumbent telecommunications provider in Greece. Cosmote has developed business operations in two other SE Europe countries through subsidiaries: Telekom Albania and Telekom Romania, addressing an extended market of 45 million people. In all three countries Cosmote counts approximately 15.6 million customers.

In September 2015, the parent company OTE announced they are to adopt the Cosmote brand as their a uniform commercial brand covering fixed, broadband and mobile telephony. At this time, the company have chosen not to adopt the Deutsche Telekom brand under which name it operates in its Central and Eastern European operations.

On Monday 26 October, the new logo was launched.

History

Cosmote launched commercial operations in Greece in April 1998 and reached 1 million subscribers a year later. In 2000, the company was listed in the Athens Stock Exchange. In 2001, Cosmote reached a customer base of 2.5 million becoming the largest mobile network operator in Greece.