Technology &Telecoms
ANCOM’s 2012 Priority: Awarding 2.6 GHz And 800 MHz Band Licenses
Awarding 800 MHz and 2,600 MHz frequency band licenses and launching a web application enabling users to compare telecom offers are among the priorities set by telecom regulator ANCOM for ne...
Romtelecom Staff Cut By 19.3% Over Past Year, To 7,421 Employees
Romanian telecom operator Romtelecom’s staff was cut by 19.3% between October 2010 and September 2011 to 7,421 from 9,192 employees, through voluntary leave programs, according to Greek grou...
Cosmote Romania 3Q Revenue Up 2.6% To EUR120.6M
Revenue of mobile operator Cosmote on the Romanian market climbed 2.6% in the third quarter of 2011 compared with the same interval a year ago, to EUR120.6 million, and its EBITDA increased...
Romtelecom’s 3Q Revenue Down 11.8% To EUR160.1M
Romanian telecom operator Romtelecom’s revenue dropped 11.8% in the third quarter of the year to EUR160.1 million, and its earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITD...
Vodafone Romania Revenue Up 0.5% In Apr-Sep, To GBP361M
Revenue of mobile telecom group Vodafone in Romania increased slightly, by 0.5%, in the first half of the 2011-2012 fiscal year, ended September 30, to GBP361 million (EUR411.5 million), fro...
GfK: Only 8.4% Of Mobile Phones In Romania Are Smartphones
Only 8.4% of mobile users in Romania own smartphones, compared to an average 14% in Central and Eastern Europe, according to a survey conducted by GfK in May-July 2011.
Government Has No Consultant To Help With Romtelecom Listing
The Communications Ministry run by the vice-president of the Onesti (eastern Romania) branch of the Democratic-Liberal Party (PD-L) Valerian Vreme has yet to choose a consultant to assist th...
Laid Off Nokia Employees To Receive Severance, Re-Employment Counseling
The employees laid off from Nokia's plant in Romania will receive severance pay, as well re-employment counseling, training and development packages and support for entrepreneurs, the compan...
Romania To Implement 4G LTE Technology In 2013, Auction Licenses By End-2012 – Telecom Regulator
The auction for the first 4G Long Term Evolution (4G LTE) communications licenses will end sometime around the end of next year and the technology will be implemented in Romania in 2013, com...