The 4G services will be available in the 1,800 MHz frequency band and will allow for higher-speed Internet access, Jean-Francois Fallacher, chief executive officer of Orange Romania, told a news conference Monday.
Starting April 2014, Orange Romania will provide 4G services in the 800 MHz, 1,800 MHz and 2,600 MHz frequency bands, he added.
Vodafone Romania and Cosmote Romania said Monday the results of the auction awarding mobile telephony licenses will allow them to develop their mobile telecommunications networks.
Vodafone will be able to launch 4G mobile services at the beginning of 2013, according to Vodafone Romania CEO Inaki Berroeta.
Cosmote said it will be able to further invest in developing its telecommunications network and make sure it continues to meet its consumers’ needs for advanced telecom services.
“We acquired all the frequency blocks necessary to move forward with our network expansion, in line with our long term commitment of providing the forefront of technologies, with the best customer experience. We now have all the resources for a durable development, enabling us to continue network optimization wherever the customer needs require,” Stefanos Theocharopoulos, CEO Cosmote Romania, said in a press release.
Romania’s telecom market regulator ANCOM on Monday said telecom operators Cosmote, Orange, RCS&RDS, Vodafone and 2K Telecom will pay EUR682.14 million for mobile telephony licenses in frequency bands 800 MHz, 900 MHz, 1.800 MHz and 2.600 MHz.
Following the mobile telephony license auction, Cosmote Romania was awarded a frequency block in the 800 MHz band, two blocks in the 900 MHz band, five blocks in the 1.800 MHz band and two blocks in the 2.600 MHz band, valid between 2014 and 2029.
Orange Romania was awarded two blocks in the 800 MHz band, two blocks in the 900 MHz band, four blocks in the 1.800 MHz band and four blocks in the 2.600 MHz band, valid between 2014 and 2029. Orange Romania also won short-term licenses, namely five blocks in the 900 MHz band and three blocks in the 1.800 MHz band, valid between January 1, 2013 and April 5, 2014.
Vodafone Romania was awarded two blocks in the 800 MHz band, two blocks in the 900 MHz band, six blocks in the 1.800 MHz band and a 15 MHz block in the 2.600 MHz band, valid between 2014 and 2029. The operator has also won short-term licenses, namely five blocks in the 900 MHz band and three blocks in the 1.800 MHz band, valid between January 1, 2013 and April 5, 2014.
RCS&RDS was assigned a block in the 900 MHz band, valid between 2014 and 2029, and 2K Telecom won two 15 MHz blocks in the 2.600 MHz band, valid between 2014 and 2029.