Vivacom, part of United Group, has been recognized for six consecutive years by the World Teleport Association's (WTA) as one of the fastest-growing satellite teleport service providers for business customers worldwide.
The Bulgarian operator is featured in the WTA 2025 Top 3 list, which ranks the fastest-growing teleport operators based on revenue from business services.
Vivacom moved up in the rankings over the last several years where it consistently made the Top 10 Fastest Growing Teleports since 2020, reaching 3rd place globally in 2025. The company was also nominated as the Independent Teleport Operator of the Year twice in that span of time.
Vivacom's Director-Broadcasting Services, Vladimir Rangelov, who was the recipient of the WTA's Executive of the Year Award in 2023, said “It is a great recognition for us to be among the top three fastest-growing operators in this business worldwide. This is proof that our strategy of delivering very reliable and secure services, strong customer focus and continuous investment in infrastructure, backed by the professionalism of our team, is the right formula for building a globally recognized business.”
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--Vladimir Rangelov, Director of Broadcasting Services, Vivacom and WTA's 2023 Executive of the Year |
Rangelov highlighted customer support as the company’s main competitive advantage. Vivacom offers 24/7 support, fast issue resolution, very short service activation times, flexibility, additional services, and excellent infrastructure. The company prides itself in its focus on their customers and their unique requirements, fast service activation, flexibility, innovative problem solving and always finding the right solution for their needs.
State of the Art Facilities
Vivacom currently operates three satellite ground stations in Bulgaria – Plana earth station near the village of Plana, and two facilities dedicated to low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications near Stara Zagora and Dobrich. The company is building two additional ground stations by the end of this year, supporting several international LEO connectivity projects.
Plana teleport, one of the region’s largest and most technologically advanced satellite communication facilities, and certified at the highest Tier 4 level, currently distributes more than 700 TV and radio channels to Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia, and even provides direct connectivity to Antarctica. The ground station is located in a specially selected area with minimum rainfall and excellent interference protection. All equipment is fully redundant and the teleport is connected via protected fiber lines to the main PoPs in Europe.
The teleport’s location in Bulgaria provides a strategic location between Europe, Asia, Middle East, Africa and Latin America. “The geographical location of our Plana teleport allows us to provide uplink and downlink services to satellites from 40° West to 90° East. We provide access to one of the most popular satellite positions covering Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America.. We can quickly and easily add new uplink or downlink services and provide the signal at our major PoP’s in Europe like Frankfurt, London, Paris and many others,” said Rangelov.
Growth-Oriented Strategy
The company continues to pursue a growth-oriented strategy that is in keeping with current trends in the industry. It continues to invest in upgrading its infrastructure with the latest, state-of-the-art facilities and looking to provide new and innovative services.
In 2025, the company launched a project for the transmission of TV channels in Asia via the Apstar satellite at 76.5°E in C-band for one of its major clients. It is currently building three new low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communication sites for international projects.
Having secured leading positions in the Eastern European region, Vivacom is now expanding the number of TV and radio channels distributed to Africa across several major satellite platforms. The company continues to strengthen its partnerships with some of the world’s largest satellite operators and content providers, including among others, Disney, Eutelsat, Radio France International, National Geographic Channel, Viasat, Endurosat, Leaf Space, and many more.
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| Vivacom's Plana teleport, one of the region’s largest and most technologically advanced satellite communication facilities, and certified at the highest Tier 4 level, currently distributes more than 700 TV and radio channels to Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and even provides direct connectivity to Antarctica. |
"We have won key deals for the distribution of TV channel packages in several regions. We are also developing several projects with one of the world’s largest satellite operators, Eutelsat, including Inflight connectivity, maritime, and fixed connectivity services in Europe and Africa,” Rangelov added.
The satellite services industry has undergone significant changes over the past years, with Starlink dramatically reshaping the global market by delivering affordable high-speed internet to large parts of the world. The transition from traditional satellite broadcasting to internet-based video solutions for the transmission and distribution of TV channels is also continuing, which makes huge impact for the satellite services.
“Despite these challenges, thanks to a strong strategy, deep market expertise, excellent customer support, and flexible, tailor-made solutions for each client, we are one of the very few companies in the world reporting revenue growth in this business,” Rangelov added.
Plana teleport, one of the region’s largest and most technologically advanced satellite communication facilities, and certified at the highest Tier 4 level, currently distributes more than 700 TV and radio channels to Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia, and even provides direct connectivity to Antarctica. The ground station is located in a specially selected area with minimum rainfall and excellent interference protection. All equipment is fully redundant and the teleport is connected via protected fiber lines to the main PoPs in Europe.
The teleport’s location in Bulgaria provides a strategic location between Europe and Asia and Middle East and Africa. “The geographical location of our Plana teleport allows us to provide uplink and downlink services to satellites from 40° West to 90° East. We provide access to one of the most popular satellite positions covering Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America. VIVACOM has pointed antennas to satellite positions and beams which are not accessible from Central and Western Europe and Americas. We can quickly and easily add new uplink or downlink carriers and provide the signal at our major PoP’s in Europe like Frankfurt, London, Paris and many others,” said Rangelov.
For more information on Vivacom's services, go to: www.vivacom.bg
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