Overall, Romanians accessed the internet using 4.1 million fixed broadband connections which triggered a total traffic of 2.2 million of TB in the first half of 2015, while the monthly average consumption per user reached 90 GB, according to the latest report of statistics data regarding Romania’s electronic communications market for the first half of 2015, published by ANCOM.
Of total fixed broadband internet connections, 48% are connections allowing speeds of at least 100Mbps, 14% are connections with speeds of at least 30Mbps and lower than 100Mbps, 23% are connections with speeds of at least 10Mbps and lower than 30Mbps, 14% are connections with speeds of at least 2Mbps, but lower than 10Mbps, and the remaining 1% represents connections with speeds below 2Mbps.
Fixed broadband internet connections in rural areas rose 13.3% (from one million on June 30, 2014 to over 1.1 million on June 30, 2015), while connections in urban areas increased 4.2% (from 2.9 million to 3 million).
Thus, mid- 2015, of over 4.1 million fixed broadband internet connections, three million were installed in urban areas and over 1.1 million in rural areas. The penetration rate of fixed broadband internet stood at 20.9% at population level, namely, 50.3% in terms of households.
Voice traffic towards fixed networks dropped 17.7%, voice traffic towards mobile networks fell 16.5%, while voice traffic towards networks outside Romania declined 7.1%. Of total calls, nearly 67% were made towards fixed networks, 26% towards mobile networks and 8% towards international destinations.