HOT SHOTDimo Bozduganov

20 yearS FICOSOTaHello! Ficosota Festival

New MeMberSNew colleagues

LeOS & VIrgOSBirthday calendar ofAugust

FaN CupWorld Cup in Brazil on your phone

SMS HISTOryA brief history of the SMS

Issue 0August 2014

InternAlCorporAte MAgAzIne

InternAlCorporAteMAgAzIne

Issue 0August 2014

Introduction

Introduction by the editor

Yuhuuuu! Hello colleagues!

We are pleased ... blah, blah, blah!

We are actually pretty damn exalted to send you the first issue of All-terCo’s corporate newsletter - “AllterMAg”.

each month you’ll find the latest gossip from both our company and the global mobile industry; we will show you the latest additions to our crew and present to you in a very different light one elected fellow of our team. In order not to browse through our pages like a retired old man through a newspaper but to read them with excitement, as a communist reads a “Duma” newspaper, we promise to put all our imagination and talent to satisfy the most discerning readers.

So, in the pages of AllterMAg, you will also learn about recent events that we have organized or ones that we have just visited, interesting facts about the development of our products and services, past successful deals and upcoming plans.

So – let’s go! I would like to wish to the editorial team nerves of steel and creative inspiration, and to all of you - enjoyable reading and don’t be picking any seeds!

nikoleta Abrasheva, pr Manager

Editor in Chief: Nikoleta Abrasheva

Creative Director: Lucho Lalev

Art Director: Bogdan Dimitrov

Reporter: Boyana PopovaThis issue was made with the kind suport of:

Maria Bazoleva Business Development & SalesTeodora Mineva Senior Product ManagerIliya Petrov Marketing ManagerTome Hadzi-Vasilev Managing Director TD TERA COMMUNICATIONS DOOEL

Vladimir Tsvetkov Product Manager

AUGUST 2014

20 yearS FICOSOTa ...............................19Hello! Ficosota Festival

New TeaM MeMberS ............................25New colleagues

HOT SHOT................................................22Dimo Bozduganov

LIONS aND VIrgOS ................................29Born in August

FaN Cup ..................................................16World Cup in Brazil on your phone

NewS ........................................................4New projects

SMS HISTOry ......................................... 12A brief history of the SMS

CONTeNT

NewS

In close cooperation with teracomm and the “SMS promotions” department, Milka accomplished another

super successful game in Bulgaria.

the promotion process required users to purchase products of Milka with a value of minimum

3 Bgn and register their unique code thus qualifying for a lottery

with 5000 pairs of sunglasses.

Milka handed out 5000 pairs of sunglasses

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eSprIT assessment Tool

teracomm created a special tool through which our client eSprIt could collect qualitative feedback from customers and client database via an application that is loaded on a tablet.

tablets are placed in each of esprit’s store locations and aim to collect information on topics important for the brand: the quality of service, variety of articles and sizes, nice atmosphere, friendly staff, etc.

this way feedback is collected and is used as external evaluation of the staff.

thanks to the established database it was possible to send advertising SMS messages and newsletters in order to increase sales and build brand loyalty.

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emeka gave 40 000 bgN to their fans

Between April and May anyone who purchased an emeka’s

product had a chance to participate in this promotion by registering a promo code printed on the inside of the package of each product.

every day 1,000 Bgn were given away as prizes for 2 whole

months. the brand’s generosity came from the fact that Ficosota

(emeka is part of its portfolio) celebrated its 20-year birthday on

07/19/2014.

You can find more about the event in the “events” section.

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Happy Delivery

HAppY also chose teracomm and trusted our team to create an application which explores the menu of the restau-rant.

Its aim is to provide clients with the opportunity to play Android tV’s game with an air mouse in their hands, creating individual menus according to specific requirements. If the customer succeeds with the task in 2 minutes or less, a reward is given.

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During the World Cup in Brazil lAYS international brand launched several global activities.

teracomm won complete trust in organizing promotional games, landing pages and Facebook

campaigns.

over 100 Samsung video cameras, Samsung S5 mobile phones,

tablets, a Smart watch and a Samsung Flat tV were distributed.

Hundreds of thousands lAYS’ packs were irrevocably destroyed...

LayS and the world Cup!

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who will be the next owner of the Macedonian Mobile operator ONe?

Although several months ago it was announced that the Deutsche telekom offer was the highest, it was recently revealed that the bid by Bain Capital in providence equity partners exceeds it. the latter offered between 150 and 160 euros per share, while the germans’ price was 140 euros.

the Slovenian government is expecting the price per share to reach 200 euros. the deadline for selecting the new owner of telekom Slovenije is by the end of this fall. If that happens to be Deutsche tel-ekom, the germans will con-solidate their positions in the Macedonian market, where the company already owns the Macedonian telecom

eight unofficial offers were made for the Slovenian telecommunications giant - telekom Slovenije, owner of the Macedonian operator.

According to Slovenian media, the possible new owners are russian MtS, turkcell, german Deutsche telekom, financial funds Apollo global Management, Cinven, CVC Capital partners, ppF group, Apax or Bain Capital in provi-dence equity partners.

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Telekom austria group has bought blizoo Macedonia

“The takeover of Blizoo Macedonia allows us to offer the full scale of communication services in the fourth country within our group and is a step forward in the execution of our successful convergence strat-egy,” said Telekom Austria Group and A1 CEO, Hannes Ametsreiter.

Vip Operator CEO, Nikola Ljushev, said: “This move opens a broad range of exciting opportunities to Vip operator, the second largest mobile operator in the Republic of Macedonia, by bringing together complementary assets and capabilities for future success.”

Blizoo Macedonia currently claims 63,000 subscribers, of which 47,000 are broadband subscribers. In 2013 revenues amounted to some €10 million.

“It is great that we are becoming part of Telekom Austria Group as we know this will make us stronger and will ensure sustainable value growth for our shareholders. We are looking forward to sharing expe-riences and working together with Telekom Austria Group, in particular with Vip operator, in order to provide advanced products and services to our customers,” said Kiril Trendafilov, CEO of Blizoo Macedonia.

The deal is subject to merger, control clearance and the price was not disclosed.

Оne of the largest cable providers in Macedonia that offers TV, broad-band and fixed voice services has become part of the Telekom.

Announcing the deal, Telekom Austria said that it represents a “signifi-cant step in fulfilling the group’s convergence strategy” and comple-mented its “convergent footprint” in Austria, Bulgaria and Croatia.

With the takeover, Blizoo will offer bundled fixed and mobile services with Vip Operator – the Telekom Austria - owned Macedonian mobile network operator.

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HOT TOpICHow everything began or

a brIeF HISTOry OF THe SMS

Merry CHrISTMaS!December 3, 1992

In 2012 the Short Message Service turned 20

HOT TOpIC: a brIeF HISTOry OF THe SMS

the first SMS text was sent 20 years ago today by neil papworth, then

a 22-year-old communications engineer working in the United Kingdom. papworth’s SMS — Short Messaging Service — text was sent from a pC (phones didn’t yet have keyboards) to a friend at a holiday party across town and read simply, “Merry Christmas.”

Here, a brief history of the humble beginnings and ensuing explosion of texting.

Hmm.. yeah, in that simple and at the same time beautiful way the his-tory of SMS communication began, and it changed forever the way people interact.

Sitting at a typewriter at his home in Bonn, germa-ny, Friedhelm Hillebrand types random sentences and questions, counting every letter, number, and space. Almost every time, the messages amount to fewer than 160 characters — what would become the limit of early text messages — and thus the concept for the perfect-length, rapid-fire “short message” was born. “perfectly sufficient,” Hillebrand would re-call later about his discovery, which came long before mobile phones were an everyday tool.

An idea is born

1984

Vodafone — one of only two mobile networks in the U.K. — launches a share-price alert system for business people.

papworth, a former developer at Sema group telecoms, sends the world’s first SMS greeting to his friend richard Jarvis, who at the time worked at U.K. service Vodafone. Jarvis couldn’t say “Merry Christmas” back, because his brick-sized orbitel 901 phone had no way of inputting text.

The fisrt short text message

1992

3 декември 1992

Finnish phone-maker Nokia debuts the first mobile phone that’s able to send texts. Early text mes-sages — which have to be painstakingly entered on numerical keypads — are free, but can only be sent between two people on the same network. This remains the standard for quite a few years.

1993SMS for general uses

1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995

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Vodafone launches SMS warnings

1994

1995the tegic or “t9” system, which predicts texting based on what letters you’re typing, first sees the light of day. though confusing at first, the input method becomes popular among slick-fingered texters.

Debut of T9

More than 250 billion SMS messages are sent worldwide.

Communication revolution

2002

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

the nokia 9000i Communicator becomes the first phone to come equipped with a keyboard. Future BlackBerry fans rejoice.

Time for QWERTY!

1997 text messages finally cross networks for the first time, and “a new fever” is born, says the Wall Street Jour-nal. College kids begin latching onto the inexpensive, quick-fire technology as their communication medium du jour.

Crash of the worlds

1999

Welcome, Twitter!

twitter makes its debut as a text-message-based service in the summer of 2006. Its famous 140-character limit was set by SMS’ own limitations pioneered by Hillebrand.

2006

HOT TOpIC: a brIeF HISTOry OF THe SMS

2007 2008 2009 2010 2012 2014

Mobile Messaging Apps

2012

Although some 7.4 trillion SMS texts were sent in 2011, up 44 percent from the year before, texting in the U.K., Sweden, the U.S., and other countries begins to see a decline in 2012, according to several research firms. Some critics say that text messaging simply isn’t evolving. others point out that consumers still have to pay to use the service, and many are instead looking to free messaging options. “It comes down to cost,” Chris ziegler, a mobile phone expert and senior editor at the Verge, tells ABC news. there are more alternatives than ever with BBM, iMessage, WhatsApp, and more. A “savvy subscriber can dispense of their text messaging plan altogether.”

Despite the domination that hundreds of messengers are already trying to impose, it is still waiting to happen. SMS messages remain an unbeatable technology. traditional text messages became an alternative method of communication in the modern age of mobile marketing, a method of receiving news, various notifications, disaster warnings and most importantly - the most convenient payment method created to date. only the future will show what else can come of this simple but brilliant 140-character discovery - the Short Message Service.

The story continues2014

nBD. the number of texts sent in a month passes the number of monthly phone calls placed by Americans for the first time ever.

Fisrt Records2007

2008

SMS by Obama

presidential candidate Barack obama sends supporters a text message an-nouncing Joe Biden as his vice-presi-dential running mate.

6 mlrd. SMS

2010

the International telecommunications Union reports that 200,000 text messages are sent every minute. 6.1 trillion texts are sent worldwide over the entire year.

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prOJeCTS

FaN CupWORLD CUP

IN BRAzIL ON YOUR PHONE

AllterCo FAn CUp’s service was entirely devoted to the World Cup, combining the usefulness of receiving updated

information with the pleasant surprise of winning an award. the service was launched on 06.12.2014 on the opening day of the championship in Brazil and ended after the final of the

most watched championship in the world.

AllterCo FAn CUp’s service was entirely devoted to the World Cup, combining the usefulness of receiving updated information with the pleasant surprise of winning an award. the service was launched on 06.12.2014 on the opening day of the championship in Brazil and ended after the final of the most watched championship in the world.

AllterCo provided the service to six of the largest mobile operators in the world, which launched it for their customers in 5 countries. thanks to VIp Serbia, VIpnet Croatia, one Mac-edonia, romania and Vodafone Mtel and Vivacom in Bulgaria, mobile phone users in these Balkan countries took advantage of the unique possibilities in FAn CUp.

the mobile service is used by over 200 000 subscribers in all territories who not only received the latest news and photos from the World Cup in Brazil, but also participated in various

FaN CupWORLD CUP IN BRAzIL ON YOUR PHONE

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games and campaigns during the tournament - polls, votes, thematic quizzes, recreational forecasts, etc. the best and most active users chose their own gifts from FAn CUp and are already enjoying their new Samsung galaxy 5 phones, mobile phone accessories, cameras, laptops, footballs, sports acces-sories and much more.

throughout the World Cup, a total of over 1.5 million SMS messages were sent by users in order to participate in the games, comment on the events and for recreational forecasts. the total incoming and outgoing traffic was over 4 million SMS messages.

Support was given by seven local journalists in different coun-tries, and pictures were provided by top photographers from France press.

After the undeniable success of the launch of FAn CUp, AllterCo and its partners decided to continue the service by preparing for the preliminary groups of the Champions league, europa league and local championships in different countries! So surprises and rewards lie ahead for football fans and mem-bers of the FAn CUp!

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eVeNTS

20 yearsFICOSOTa

“HELLO! FICOSOTA FESTIVAL”

on the occasion of its 20th year anniversary,

the company welcomed the town of Shumen and many special

guests at a grand festival.

A great event was organized by one of the largest terra Com-munications ltd.’s customers – Ficosota. Commemorating its 20-year anniversary, the company welcomed the whole town of Shumen and its special guests at the grand “Hello! Ficosota Festival” including our colleagues radko Slavkov, Vladimir tsvetkov and nicoletta Abrasheva. the event took place near the “Founders of the Bulgarian State” monument on the plateau. technical facilities and special attractions were deployed on an area of 20,000 sq. meters, and the event lasted for 12 hours. literally, cars were lining on the curved road to the memorial complex.

Before the beginning of “Hello! Ficosota Festival”, the new logistics center, emblematic for the Shumen based Business Company Ficosota, was officially inaugurated. Flying in a hot air balloon was one of the attractions of the festival. A foam party, mimes and unique decorations were among the surprises that

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20 years FICOSOTaHELLO! FICOSOTA FESTIVAL

greeted guests at the entrance of the festival.

Shortly after 18:00 the 12-hour program of the festival started

the open stage of “Hello! Ficosota Festival “consistently hosted over 100 artists. the singer De-sislava started, then Valya Balkanska was accompanied by bagpipes, elitsa todorova and Stoyan Yankulov, Brazz ViliDJ, Bobo & the gang, D2, Dicho, roberto Martin and DJ rawland followed.

the British band “Stereo MCs” pleased the music lovers with a 90-minute live performance. the legendary group interrupted their Austrian tour to participate in the festival in Shumen. the Dutch from the other popular electro dance band “Kraak & Smaak Sound System” also performed with their latest single “Mountain top”.

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HOT SHOT

Dimo bozduganovChief technology officer

Dimo Bozduganov works for teracomm since the establishment of the company. He has personally developed many products and services that turned teracomm into a leading company in its sector. In addition to pro-graming, Dimo takes part in various other activities. He loves horseback riding, taking pictures of flying aircrafts, dancing tango and archery. While in the office, he is listening to metal and drinking coffee ... permanently. When frustrated, he puts his headphones and listens to his favorite group river rain, and when relaxation is needed, he relies on the phenomenal Katie Melua.

NO TaNgOwITHOuTCaSH

01A code or a horse?

A coded horse.

02nikon or Canon?

pentax.

03What type should the airplane be?

tough to be photographed.

04And the oS?

linux. or not - must be posix. this is a standard operating system, whose criteria are met only by linux and the latest MAC oS.

And Windows simply remains the best desktop manager or as we call it - “the real desktop manager”

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05Is walking a hobby?

If it’s walking to an air show - yes. otherwise I prefer riding

Dimo bozduganovChief technology officer

wINDOwS: THe reaL DeSkTOp MaNagaer

tango or cash?

Without cash there is no tango.

06 Besides foosball what else keeps you in teracomm?

Mitko. every time he’s been keep-ing me.

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Finally: Is 42 really 42?

Uh ... what’s the question?10

How many hours of rest have you had the most?

24. During a vacation.

You practice roping and archery?

Yes, what remains is for me to learn to shoot a bow and throw a lasso while riding.

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New COLLeagueS

Victoria popovaAccount and support specialist

Vicki has two Bachelor’s Degrees, one from the of University of portsmouth, majoring in Business Administration and a profes-sional Bachelor’s Degree from the International University College at Albena majoring in Marketing and Management.

Before joining the teracomm team, Victoria worked for more than a year and a half at Mobiltel as a sales consultant, while still in col-lege.

She started working at teracomm about 2 months ago as an account and support specialist. Since the beginning of July she started managing the Facebook pages of esprit & Marc o’polo in Bulgaria.

Vicky does not hide her passion for figure skating. After many years of experience in this sport she was certified as a national judge and data specialist. What got me started here is my passion for the telecommu-

nication business and its perspective. I work in a great team of professionals and just for those two months I learned a lot from them. We help each other in order to achieve our goals.

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Dmitry arnautJunior pHp Developer

Dmitry was born in Moldova, where he graduated high school. then he moved to the capital of russia - Moscow, where he worked as a builder. In 2011 he was accepted at Sofia University “St. Kli-ment ohridski”, “Informatics” major. the following year he started working as a Web developer at Alina Design, where he stayed for 2 years.

Dmitri likes computer programming, DJ-ing at techno parties, organizing thematic russian parties and loves to dance. He says he tries to learn something new every day to improve himself.

I started working at teracomm with the ambition for per-sonal development and a desire to improve my knowledge in the field of programming. I thank the company for giving me the opportunity for this to happen with a team of profession-als and in a spirit of cooperation.

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Svilena enevaproduct Manager for romania

prior to joining teracomm, Svilena worked as a marketing specialist at Aksivas Bulgaria ltd., and was involved in telemarketing cam-paigns for IBM, Cisco, VM Ware and others.

She has extensive experience as a translator. Among the most inter-esting projects in which she participated as an external collaborator is a film production of Francis Ford Coppola, Youth Without Youth (2007). Svilena is fluent in romanian and english.

ever since my first visit to the office of teracomm, the at-mosphere drew me here. After a month at the company, I am definitely glad that I was given a chance to become part of the team. I thank everyone for the positive welcome and responsiveness that helped me grasp the nature of the work done here. I am convinced that the best is yet to come.

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bIrTHDaySAUGUST 2014

LeO July 22 – August 23

gergana IvanovaAugust 13

Teodora MiinevaAugust 20

Ivo yonchevAugust 19

Nikolai HadzhievAugust 20

Miroskav DimitrovAugust 21

VIrgO

August 23 - September 22yulian asparuhov

August 2630

That’s all folks! Thanx! ;)