“According to data reported by Romanian telecom operators, revenues from electronic communication services totaled RON14.8 billion in 2011,” the regulator said in a press release Wednesday.
The decline in revenue registered in 2011 was considerable lower than the 7% decline posted in 2010, the regulator’s report said, adding telecom operators saw 5.5% increase in revenues from the first to the second half of 2011.
In the second half of last year, revenues from mobile telephony services increased 7%, to RON3.9 billion, and revenues from internet access services rose 8%, to RON1 billion.
Revenues from television services increased 2%, to RON0.8 billion, while hard-line telephony revenues remained relatively constant, with a slight decline of 0.5%, to RON1.1 billion.
The biggest half-year increases were posted on revenues from services with added value, which increased 36%, to RON86 million, and data transmission services, which increased 24%, to RON201 million.
“The increase in operators’ revenues in the second half of 2011 indicates the telecom market started stabilizing after the difficult economic times of the past three years. Operators have adapted to economic realities and have managed to reconfigure their offers so as to curb the impact of the crisis on their revenues,” said telecom regulator president Catalin Marinescu.