The contract, which was due to expire in April, has been extended for one more year and RCS&RDS will pay a fee that varies with the voice and data traffic of Digi Mobil customers in Vodafone’s network. The contract enables RCS&RDS to give its customers access to voice and data services in areas its own network does not cover.
RCS&RDS’s 3G network, which the company uses for its voice service, covered 85% of the country’s population at the end of last year, unlike major operators, which are close to 100%. RCS&RDS and Vodafone signed the first two-year deal in April 2014.
Vodafone and RCS&RDS officials did not provide any comment on the information by press time.
Local leading mobile phone operator Orange signed a national roaming agreement with Telekom at the end of last year granting it access to its 4G network. Telekom gave Orange access to its fixed network in exchange, enabling it to sell landline Internet and TV service packages.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)