Cooolbox

Cooolbox is a Bulgarian telecommunications company. It was launched in 1997 as ITD Network. The Cooolbox network is entirely built on the FTTH - AON technology and provides internet in Sofia, Plovdiv, and Veliko Tarnovo.[1]

Cooolbox
FormerlyITD Network (1997–2015)
TypeJoint-stock company
Industrytelecommunications
Founded1997
HeadquartersPlovdiv, Bulgaria
Area served
Key people
Ivo Teodorov Dimitrov (CEO)
Services
Websitewww.cooolbox.bg


History

ITD Network (now Cooolbox) has been in the Internet and telecommunication services market since 1997. At this stage, ITD Network mainly provides leased line access services to smaller ISPs and relatively few business customers in the city of Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

In 1999 they expanded their presence with an office in Sofia.

Since the middle of 2002, ITD Network has offered VoIP telephony.

In 2006, with the introduction of the relevant regulatory framework, ITD Network acquires licenses 116A and 116B and VOIP telephony is transformed into a fixed voice service with the corresponding numbering plan.

Since the beginning of 2008 ITD Network has begun the construction of an optical network in Plovdiv and Veliko Tarnovo to provide internet and telephony to users by using Fiber to the Home Direct Fiber (FTTH - Direct Fiber), or AON. FTTH technology is being used in Bulgaria for the first time by ITD Network to provide mass service to customers.[2]

In 2008, the company started building its own network in the cities of Plovdiv and Veliko Tarnovo, which started the provision of the Cooolbox service, consisting of: Internet delivery, digital TV and telephony.

The Cooolbox network is entirely built on the FTTH - AON technology and is the only one of its kind in Bulgaria. The same technology is used by Google Internet to build its network in various US cities.[3]

In 2011, ITD Network completed the acquisition of Sofia Online, which ensures a strong presence in Sofia as infrastructure and customer base.

In 2016, the company changed its name to Cooolbox, with which it ends the process of transformation from an ISP to an end-to-end Internet provider. At the same time, offering a full gigabit service has begun.

In January 2022 the company added to its portfolio interactive TV with coool.tv online application compatible with smart TVs with Android TV/Google TV, Apple TV, Amazon Fire OS, Samsung (models after 2020) and LG (models after 2018).[4]

Awards
Awards of b2b Media
  • Third place Most creative workspace for 2016[5]
  • Second place in Business project of the year 2016[6]
  • Second place on Business project of the year 2017[7]

References
  1. "Нов играч влиза на пазара на IPTV в България" (in Bulgarian). investor.bg. 17 October 2013.
  2. "1Gbps скорост за домашен потребител предлага ITD Network" (in Bulgarian). computerworld.bg. 27 June 2008.
  3. "ITD Network пуска за бизнес потребители услугата Cooolbox в София" (in Bulgarian). computerworld.bg. 27 May 2011. Archived from the original on 15 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  4. "Телекомът ITD Network бе преименуван на Cooolbox" (in Bulgarian). computerworld.bg. 21 October 2015.
  5. "Пловдивска компания грабна приза за Бизнес проект на годината" (in Bulgarian). podtepeto.com. 9 July 2017.
  6. "Годишните награди на b2b Media за 2016 г." (in Bulgarian). big1.bg. 9 July 2017.
  7. "Отличените компании 2017" (in Bulgarian). b2bmedia.bg. 12 May 2018.
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