On March 31, 2019, Orange Romania provides mobile, fixed and TV services for 10,693,300 customers, 2.3% more than at the end of the first quarter of 2018.
Fixed services kept the positive trend of the previous quarters. Thus, at the end of March 2019, the cable and satellite television service, Orange Home TV had more than 519,000 customers, 24% more than in the first quarter of 2018, and fixed broadband services had 303,600 customers, 44.6% more than in the same period in 2018.
Orange kept investing in infrastructure, offering access to 4G+ connectivity in 432 new localities and towns, from the start of 2019, to 439,000 inhabitants. Thus, at the end of March, 44.69% of the country’s population had access to speeds of up to 500 Mbps.
The 4G coverage was extended to 96.9% of the country’s population and 100% of the urban population, at the end of the first quarter of 2019. Customers’ appetite for mobile data generated an increase of approximately 50% in consumption in the first quarter of 2019, compared with the same period in 2018.
In January, Orange introduced, on a group level, for the first time, the HD Voice Plus technology which offers superior experience during 4G calls by using a range of audio frequencies double against the classic 4G call.