MakTel primarily retails fixed broadband, mobile, and IPTV directly to over 545,000 fixed subscribers while providing regulatory-mandated wholesale access to its copper/fiber infrastructure for competing ISPs under EU-aligned liberalization rules (Source), (Source),, (Source).
MakTel builds and operates its proprietary national copper/fiber access networks (including FTTP expansions) alongside retailing converged services to consumers and enterprises (Source), (Source).
North Macedonia
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Organization: Any kind of organization. The Organization class represents a kind of Agent corresponding to social instititutions such as companies, societies etc.
About
MakTel, officially Makedonski Telekom AD Skopje, is an ISP and Network Operator that owns and operates the national fixed copper and full-fibre infrastructure while selling high-speed broadband (up to 1 Gbit/s symmetric), fixed/mobile telephony, and IPTV services directly to residential and business consumers across North Macedonia since its formal establishment on January 1, 1997, as a state-owned spin-off from PTT Makedonija, with major milestones including the launch of the country's first GSM mobile service as MobiMak in September 1996, privatization via 51% acquisition by a Deutsche Telekom-led consortium for €110.5 million on January 15, 2001, merger of T-Mobile Macedonia into the parent entity on July 1, 2015, and rebranding from dual T-Home/T-Mobile to unified Telekom in September 2015; the organization continues to operate independently in its current state as a majority-owned subsidiary of Magyar Telekom (under Deutsche Telekom Group) as of November 2025 with no reported acquisitions or dissolutions (Source), (Source), (Source).
Operator Characteristics
Retail-only ISP?
No
MakTel is not retail-only; because MakTel builds and operates its proprietary national copper/fiber access networks (including FTTP expansions) alongside retailing converged services to consumers and enterprises (Source), (Source), (Source).
Wholesale-only Network Operator?
No
MakTel is not wholesale-only; as MakTel primarily retails fixed broadband, mobile, and IPTV directly to over 545,000 fixed subscribers while providing regulatory-mandated wholesale access to its copper/fiber infrastructure for competing ISPs under EU-aligned liberalization rules (Source), (Source), (Source).
Business-only ISP?
No
MakTel is not business-only; since MakTel delivers fiber/copper broadband, VoIP telephony, and IPTV plans to both residential households via consumer packages up to 1 Gbps and businesses through dedicated ICT/cloud solutions including high-capacity leased lines (Source), (Source), (Source).
MakTel owns MakTel ADSL, the legacy copper-based broadband network supporting basic speeds up to 30 Mbit/s for rural and underserved regions as a cost-effective entry-level option (Source), (Source), (Source).
MakTel owns MakTel FTTP, the largest fiber-optic network in North Macedonia delivering gigabit symmetric speeds to urban households and businesses with over 75% fixed broadband household access nationwide (Source), (Source), (Source).
MakTel owns MakTel VDSL, a high-speed upgrade over existing copper lines providing up to 100 Mbit/s for denser areas transitioning from legacy infrastructure (Source), (Source), (Source).