The investment would allow the operator to provide high-speed data services in rural areas as well, company officials told ZF.
“Cosmote Romania plans to develop the 3G network in the 900 MHz band”, Cosmote representatives said in their first public statement on the issue.
The plans of the telecom operator controlled by OTE Greek group and Germany’s Deutsche Telekom were revealed by Catalin Marinescu, chairman of the communication regulatory authority, during a news conference on Monday.
He stated that after Vodafone, which launched the first 3G network in the 900 MHz band in April 2010, the other two operators holding 900 MHz licenses are also working on a similar infrastructure.
Orange, the domestic market leader, had already disclosed plans to invest in such a network.
In 2010, Cosmote selected China’s ZTE to provide the equipment to develop the 3G network.