Not-including the turnover of retailer Germanos and of cable operator NextGen, for which there is no 2010 data with the Finance Ministry, OTE/DT turnover in Romania revolved around EUR1.2 billion, with Romtelecom remaining the largest company.
On the other hand, Orange Romania, owned by France Telecom, is still the largest player on the market, boasting the highest turnover and net income. Including the other companies it controls in Romania, Orange France Telecom’s turnover in Romania topped EUR1 billion.
Including the turnovers of retail companies it owns in Romania, the domestic subsidiary of UK’s Vodafone group reached turnover of nearly EUR840 million.
The RCS&RDS group generated turnover of almost EUR430 million, not including the turnover of other cable companies that have partnerships with the operator controlled by Zoltan Teszari for the acquisition of some services such as telephony and Internet.
The two companies owned by US group Liberty Global in Romania, UPC and Focus Sat, last year derived over EUR127 million in turnover, but both companies posted losses.
Jointly, the five telecom groups last year reached cumulated turnover worth around EUR3.5 billion and had more than 22,000 employees.
(English version by Catalina Apostoiu; Editing by Radu Bostan)