Tango (telecom)

Tango
Industry Telecommunications
Founded 1998
Area served
Luxembourg
Products Fixed line and mobile telephony
Internet services
Digital television
Revenue €127 million (end 2013)[1]
Parent Belgacom Group
Website www.tango.lu

Tango SA, a Luxembourg subsidiary of the Belgian telco Belgacom Group, provides fixed and mobile voice services and DSL services in Luxembourg. It formerly operated services in Liechtenstein. As the second mobile operator in Luxembourg, the company markets its mobile services under the "Tango" brand.

Launched in 1998, Tango was the first company to offer UMTS in 2002. In 2005, Tango offered its customers ADSL and HSDPA services for the first time.

Originally operated by Tele2, Belgacom finalized the acquisition of this company in August 2008. Belgacom also acquired the fixed and mobile activities of Tele2 in Liechtenstein.

Since March 2009 Tango is partner of Vodafone.[2]

Tango launched LTE in October 2012.[3] At the end of 2013 Tango had 280.000 customers.[1]

Tango Liechtenstein

Tango Liechtenstein was sold by Belgacom to Dutch telecom operator Unify Nederland BV in December 2009.

Competitors

Tango is the second largest of Luxembourg's three mobile telecommunications operators. It competes with Orange Luxembourg (formerly VOX mobile) and POST Luxembourg.

Reference

  1. 1 2 "Annual Report 2013". Belgacom. p. 11. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  2. "Our partners". Tango. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  3. "You know when you’ve been Tango’d; cellco becomes first LTE operator in Duchy". TeleGeography. 2012-10-05. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
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