History
October 1992
SCORTEL is founded
November 1993
Acquiring a license from the Committee of Posts and Telecommunications for local paging operator (for Sofia)
June 1994
SCORTEL becomes a Member of the Inmarsat Partnership
November 1995
SCORTEL becomes a Member of Bulgarian Information Industry Association
January 1997
SCORTEL becomes an official Inmarsat Service Provider, IPS code 9315
March 2001
SCORTEL becomes a distributor of Sky Wave Mobile Communications Inc. (Canada) Inmarsat D+ equipment and services
August 2002
SCORTEL becomes a Thuraya satellite services provider
November 2002
SCORTEL becomes a distributor of SAMYUNG ENC Co. Ltd. (S.KOREA) products for maritime communications and navigation
May 2003
SCORTEL becomes an Iridium satellite services provider
June 2003
SCORTEL introduces a Quality Management System according the requirements of ISO 9001: 2000 Standard
May 2004
SCORTEL opens a regional office in Varna
August 2004
SCORTEL becomes a distributor of Telenor Satellite Services (Norway), now Marlink
February 2006
SCORTEL becomes an Inmarsat PSA (Point of Service Activation)
November 2006
SCORTEL builds a System and National Center for monitoring of fishery vessels of the Republic of Bulgaria for the National Agency for Fisheries and Aquaculture (NAFA)
October 2007
SCORTEL is approved for a KVH CSN (Certified Support Network) and experts passed the required training and exams
May 2009
SCORTEL opens a regional office in Burgas
December 2009
SCORTEL is approved as an Inmarsat Bronze Partner
February 2010
SCORTEL patented a utility model of Mobile Set for Positioning, Signalization, Navigation and Communication
June 2010
SCORTEL is authorized by Executive Agency Maritime Administration as supplier of applied services for compatability tests of LRIT equipment.
April 2011
A Partnership agreement is signed between SCORTEL and Bulgarian mobile operator Vivacom for joint selling of satellite equipment and services to the Vivacom clients
October 2011
SCORTEL is approved by ITU as a Bureau for accounting and payments of land, air and maritime communication services – Accounting Authority (AA), code BG14
June 2013
SCORTEL employees are certified as a Distinguished Workers of Road Transport of Mongolia with a Honorary Award by the Ministry of Roads and Transportation in Mongolia
January 2014
United Fleet Control and Management System of Mongolia is commissioned. SCORTEL participates in the project jointly with Kontrax JSC
July 2014
SCORTEL becomes a Member of National Cluster for Intelligent Transport and Energy Systems (NCITES)
August 2015
River Information System in Bulgarian part of the river Danube – BULRIS, Phase 2 is commissioned. SCORTEL participates in the project as a part of “BUL RIS 2” Consortium
November 2015
Vessel Traffic Management and Information System (VTMIS) – Phase III is commissioned. SCORTEL participates in the project as a part of “TRANSLINK” Consortium
February 2016
SCORTEL opens a regional office in Ruse
April 2016
Bulgarian Regional Situation Center for crisis management is commissioned. SCORTEL participates in the project as a partner of Elin Pelin Municipality
June 2017
SCORTEL introduces a Quality Management System according the requirements of ISO 9001: 2015 Standard