| 1949 | OTE founded |
| April 1996 | OTE is listed on the Athens stock Exchange (IPO) |
| May 1996 | OTEnet, our leading Ιnternet Service Provider (ISP), is established |
| October 1996 | COSMOTE, our leading mobile telephony operator, is created |
| June 1997 | OTE acquires a 20% stake in Telekom Srbija, the incumbent telephony company in Serbia |
| March 1998 | OTE acquires a 90% stake in Armentel, the incumbent telephony company in Armenia Cosmote commences commercial operations |
| November 1998 | OTE is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) |
| December 1998 | OTE acquires an initial 35 % stake in RomTelecom, the incumbent telephony company in Romania |
| August 2000 | Cosmote acquires Albanian Mobile Company (AMC) |
| December 2000 | OTE acquires a GSM License in Bulgaria and establishes Globul to exploit this license |
| January 2003 | OTE raises its stake in RomTelecom to 54% |
| June 2003 | OTE launches ADSL services in the Greek market |
| July 2003 | Globul commences commercial operations |
| August 2004 | OTE and COSMOTE act as Grand National Sponsors of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games |
| April 2005 | OTE and Cosmote agree to the transfer of Globul (Bulgaria) and Cosmofon (FYROM) to Cosmote |
| May 2005 | Cosmote, Romtelecom and Cosmorom agree to Cosmote’s participation in Cosmorom’s share capital increase and re-launch |
| May 2005 | OTE reaches agreement with the Unions on the Voluntary Retirement Plan |
| August 2005 | OTE completes the transfer of its interests in GloBul (Bulgaria) and its interest in CosmoFon (FYROM) to Cosmote . Cosmote completed the € 120 million share capital contribution to CosmoRom – recently renamed Cosmote Romania-, thereby gaining a 70% equity stake in the Romanian mobile telephony operator, and initiated the process of relaunching its operations. |
| October 2005 | OTE announces a strong voluntary retirement take up. Out of a final pool of 6,000 eligible OTE fixed-line employees, more than 5,500 elected to apply for early retirement. |
| December 2005 | Cosmote Romania launches commercial operations. |
| April 2006 | OTE purchases in the open market 9.5 million shares of its subsidiary Cosmote S.A., increasing its interest from 64.1% to 67%. |
| April 2006 | OTE examines options for the disposal of its 90% stake in Armentel, the incumbent operator in Armenia |
| May 2006 | Cosmote, announces that it has reached an agreement regarding the purchase of a 42% interest in Germanos S.A., subject to regulatory approval |
| August 2006 | Cosmote receives the approval from EETT for the acquisition of GERMANOS S.A. |
| October 2006 | Cosmote acquires, through the purchasing by its affiliated company Cosmoholding Cyprus Ltd. 42% of Germanos shares OTE announces the successful completion of its Voluntary Retirement Program |
| November 2006 | OTE announces that its 100% subsidiary OTE pls successfully completed issues of bonds under its €5 bn Global Medium Term Note Program. OTE announces the completion of the sale of its 90% stake in Armentel |
| February 2007 | OTE announces appointment of RomTelecom new CEO OTE announces employee exit program with financial incentives |
| June 2007 | The Hellenic Republic announces the successful completion of the sale of 10.7% interest in OTE’s share capital via an accelerated book build |
| August 2007 | OTE announces that the participation of Marfin Investment Group in OTE SA’s share capital reached 5.30% |
| September 2007 | The Board of Directors of Cosmote accepts the resignation of the company’s Managing Director Cosmote announces the appointment of a new Managing Director |
| November 2007 | OTE announces the Voluntary Tender Offer for the acquisition of all common registered shares of Cosmote |
| December 2007 | OTE announces the finalization of the sale of INFOTE, its classified Directory Inquirement Subsidiary |
| January 2008 | OTE issues €2.1 billion in fixed coupon bonds |
| February 2008 | OTE announces the selling of the Group’s stake in OTENET Cyprus Ltd and OTENET Telecommunications Ltd OTE announces an employee exit program with incentives for 2008 |
| April 2008 | OTE announces that OTEestate filed a request for a license for the operation of a real estate investment company |
| May 2008 | OTE announces that Deutsche Telekom’s participation in OTE’s share capital stands at 19.999234% while Marfin Investment Group withdraws from the OTE’s share capital Downgrade of OTE’s rating by Moody’s Investor Services - Acquisition of the 100% of VOICENET by OTENET
Acquisition of the 100% of VOICENET by OTENET |
| June 2008 | Ratification of the Share Purchase Agreement and the Shareholder’s Agreement between the Hellenic Republic and Deutsche Telekom AG by the Greek Parliament |
| July 2008 | Approval of the merger of OTE S.A with OTENET S.A by the Greek Ministry of Development Announcement of the sale of OTE Group’s participation in the share Capital of Lofos Pallini S.A. |
| September 2008 | OTE’s 100% subsidiary, Cosmote, appoints N M ROTHSCHILD & Sons Ltd and EFG TELESIS FINANCE ΑΕΠΕΥ as financial advisors for the sale of its subsidiary COSMOFON MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS AD SKOPJE in FYROM |
| October 2008 | The European Commission approves the proposed acquisition of the Greek Telecommunications Operator OTE by the German Telecommunications Operator Deutsche Telekom The Hellenic Telecommunications & Post Commission approves the proposed acquisition of the Greek Telecommunications Operator OTE by the German Telecommunications Operator Deutsche Telekom |
| November 2008 | DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG’s participation in OTE SA’s share capital and total voting rights, stands at 25.0000004%, which corresponds to 122,537,599 shares andcorresponding voting rights. |
| January 2009 | OTE’s manangement and OME-OTE signed a collective Labor Agreement providing benefits for early retirement of employees |
| February 2009 | Cosmote acquired a further 12.6% of AMC |
| March 2009 | Cosmote signs agreement for the sale of Cosmofon in FYROM. |
| April 2009 | Cosmote completes the acquisition of a 12.6% stake in AMC. |
| May 2009 | Completion of the transfer of 100% stake of COSMOFON MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS AD SKOPJE (through COSMOTE’s 100% owned subsidiary, OTE MTS HOLDING B.V.,) as well as GERMANOS TELECOM AD SKOPJE to Telekom Slovenije, Set up of a new position in OTE Group, that of ‘OTE Group Chief Financial Officer’ Mr Kevin Copp will take over on August, 1st ,2009 |
| July 2009 | Cosmote signed a share purchase agreement for the acquisition of Telemobil S.A, (Zapp) in Romania. |
| October 2009 | Completion of the Voluntary Retirement Program of 2005-2006 |
| January 2010 | Set up of a new position in OTE Group, that of ‘OTE Group Chief Compliance Officer’ .mr Aristodimos Dimitriadis takes over on January 18th ,2010 |
| February 2010 | OTE’s Board of Directors elected Mr Rainer Rathgeber as a new member in replacement of mr. Hamid Akhavan who submitted in resignation. |
