The deal followed years of controversy surrounding Serbia's oldest mobile operator, which was cofounded by the state and tycoon Bogoljub Karic in the 1990s with the blessing of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic.
Sporazum je usledio nakon višegodišnje kontroverze koja je okruživala najstarijeg operatera mobilne telefonije u Srbiji, koji su 1990. godine zajedno osnovali država i tajkun Bogiljub Karić uz blagoslov bivšeg jugoslovenskog predsednika Slobodana Miloševića.