In 2011, the number of mobile broadband internet connections in Romania increased by 39%, to 4.23 million, reaching a penetration rate of 17.1% per 100 inhabitants. Hard line internet connections increased 9%, to 3.26 million, reaching a penetration rate of 41.6% per 100 households, according to preliminary results of the housing and population census conducted in fall last year.
“Romania registered in 2011 increases in the number of hard line and mobile broadband internet connections, and we have noted significant increases in connections in rural areas,” said ANCOM president Catalin Marinescu.
According to the regulator’s data, the most significant increases noted in the second half of 2011 were UTP/FTP cable connections (up 14% on the year, to 1.8 million), and connections utilizing xDSL technologies (up 11% on the year, to 1 million).
Penetration rates of fixed broadband connections per 100 inhabitants and 100 households increased throughout 2011 by 1.5 percentage points and 3.6 points respectively, to 17.1% and 4.6%, respectively.