Shareholders

The shareholders of cosmoONE are: OTE with 30.87%, COSMOTE with 30.87%, Alpha Bank with 15%, National Bank of Greece with 10.08% and DIENEKIS Informatics with 13.18%.

The Greek Telecommunications Organization (OTE) was established in 1949 and currently is one of the leading groups of companies in Greece and among the top ten telecommunications organisations in Europe. Apart from our country, OTE operates mainly in the markets of Eastern Europe and the Middle East. This is the largest Greek group and includes several subsidiaries with impressive results, such as COSMOTE and OTEnet. It has been trading on the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE), and also has a strong presence in the international stock exchanges of New York and London. The stock value amounts to 12 billion dollars.

With its major priorities being to better serve the customer, develop the infrastructure to support all services and products required in the market and to increase its stock value, OTE is constantly being reorganized to ensure its functioning as a group of companies. As part of its international investment strategy, it has bought large shares and cooperates with foreign telecommunications companies in Eastern Europe and Asia. As of January 1 2001 it has ceased to act as a monopoly agency and operates in a fully competitive environment.

April 1998. COSMOTE begins commercial operations and radically changes the landscape of mobile telephony in Greece.
October 2002: Within 4.5 years of operation, COSMOTE covers over 99% of the Greek population, operating with the GSM 1800 and EGSM 900 systems. It gains the largest share of the market in contracts (1,535,051 subscribers with contracts*) and raises the total market share to more than 38.1% and 3,368,769 customers.

COSMOTE today is not only the leading company in net new contracts, but also in customer loyalty, after showing the lowest number of disconnections. The new millennium finds COSMOTE strong, starring in the area of mobile communications in our country.
For more information: COSMOTE

Presently, Alpha Bank is the second largest bank in Greece. Its activities cover the full spectrum of financial services. It is well known as a pioneer in the introduction of new electronic services, such as:
Alphaphone banking services over the phone,
Alphaline banking with a personal computer,
Alpha Web Banking for banking transactions on the Internet,
And Alpha Bank m-Banking for banking transactions via mobile phone.
It also develops services in the shipping sector and creates new multidimensional deposit accounts and contemporary lending accounts.

With its group companies it covers the whole of the financial sector by providing comprehensive services, such as:
Financing, with Alpha Leasing and ABC Factors,
Financial services, with Alpha Mutual Fund Management, Alpha Finance, Alpha Finance US, Alpha Asset Management and the European Management Development Programmes of Thessaly and Central Greece,
Investments, with Investment Alpha, Alpha Ventures and Ionian Holdings
Informatics with Delta Singular
Provision of services, with Icap and the Motion System Inc. – Budget
Insurance, with Alpha Insurance and Alpha Real Estate Insurance
Real Estate, with Alpha Urban Property
Hotels, with Ionian Xenodocheiakai Enterprises.
For more information: ALPHA BANK

The National Bank of Greece, the oldest and largest bank in the country, is the leader of the largest and strongest financial services group in Greece, while also projecting an international profile, particularly in Southeastern Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean. Founded in 1841 as a commercial bank, and up to the establishment of the Bank of Greece in 1928, had the privilege of publishing. It has been trading in the Athens Stock Exchange since the Exchange’s establishment in 1880, and since October 1999, its shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange.

The EIB Group offers a broad range of financial products and services to meet the ever-changing needs of businesses and individuals, such as investment business, stock brokerage, insurance, asset management - liabilities, servicing leasing (leasing), business requirements management (factoring).

With 586 Stores and 936 ATMs (with a target of 1200 by the end of the year), it covers the entire geographical area of Greece. In addition, it develops alternative sales channels for its products, such as Mobile and Internet Banking. Today, following the recent takeover in the Balkan region, the Bank’s network abroad is comprised of 328 Units in four continents.
The Bank’s main strength is its customers’ trust, keeping more than 7 million deposit accounts and one million lending accounts.
With a confirmed leading position in the Greek banking market, and a goal to improve customer service and increase profitability, the Bank cares for the continued modernization of its processes, investing constantly in new technology.
For more information: NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE

The company offers comprehensive proposals (H/W, S/W, and applications), or partial solutions to customers depending on the circumstances. Its related activities in the field of information are:
-- Sales and product support for HP NonStop servers (Tandem), Sun, HP, Extreme Networks.
-- Promotion of integrated Supplier Relationship Management solutions in cooperation with Commerce One.
-- Call Centers that are based on voice processing in real time.
-- Promotion of the products and applications of FileNet, Integrated Research, GZS.
-- Promotion of integrated solutions in selected markets
-- Consulting services based on a computerised approach and integration.
-- Sales of other regional and software
-- Installation and full maintenance of hardware
-- Development of applications
-- Complete support of software
-- Educational services
For more information: DIENEKIS