Telekom broke all records: revenues 2.3 billion euros, profit 1.3 billion euros

Truly proud of Telekom's fund for financing startups 

“I am truly proud of Telekom’s fund for financing startups. The audit report for 2025 shows that the fund ended the financial year with a multi-million profit, and the value of our shares in startups is almost ten times higher than the investment. We will certainly not sell our equity stakes, because their value will grow much further. For example, a startup from Sweden has developed a robot that can successfully handle berries, which are of course very small and delicate, and it is already in operation in Scandinavian countries,” Lučić said, expressing satisfaction.

There is a very positive attitude among international partners toward Telekom Serbia, and one of the company’s most important priorities is the development of artificial intelligence (AI).

“The center of AI development is in America, where hundreds of billions of dollars are being invested, and we want to become part of that. We have a chance, especially in AI, to become a major American partner for all of Europe, given that the EU made mistakes in defining priorities. I am extremely satisfied with cooperation with the U.S. administration. We share priorities such as AI, cybersecurity, startups… We are welcome guests in Washington, at the State Department and the Department of Commerce, which we also use to better connect with the largest digital companies,” he noted.

Good relations with the U.S. are important for Telekom Serbia’s continued presence in Kosovo and Metohija. However, problems remain.

“We survived in Kosovo and Metohija thanks to the Brussels Agreement. That document was the basis that prevented the suffocation and closure of our company MTS three years ago, where we had strong support from the U.S. administration. Unfortunately, even 13 years after the agreement was signed, much of it has not been implemented, including the obligation of Pristina to issue a tender for a third mobile license, which they refuse to do because they know we would certainly win as the leading telecommunications company in the Western Balkans. We have around 30,000 subscribers in Kosovo and Metohija who use very good internet and the same TV channels as in the rest of Serbia. However, the Pristina administration has limited our mobile network expansion, so we are working intensively to have the tender issued, to participate, and as the clearly best provider, to win,” Lučić concluded.

Abolition of roaming with the EU possibly as early as 2027

Telekom Serbia CEO Vladimir Lučić emphasized that one of the company’s priorities, which would bring major benefits to citizens of Serbia and the entire region, is the complete abolition of roaming charges with the European Union.

“We need to work intensively with the European Commission so that the Western Balkans and the EU become a single telecommunications market and roaming is abolished. EU roaming packages are already significantly cheaper, but we are moving toward full abolition. We expect a decision from the European Commission during, hopefully, next year. Telekom Serbia strongly supports this,” Lučić said.