Technology &Telecoms
BitDefender: Our Employees Are Wooed By Google, Microsoft
Almost half of the employees of Romanian data security solutions developer BitDefender are mathematics and IT Olympiad winners, which is one of the reasons why giants such as Google or Micro...
Atlas, Romtelecom’s First Rival, Goes Insolvent On EUR70M Debt
Atlas Telecom Network, the first company that competed with Romtelecom on the landline market in 2003, after liberalization, has gone insolvent after it accumulated over EUR70 million in deb...
Lenovo’s Netin: 50% Of Our Clients Are Multinationals
Sales of PCs in Romania will go up by 20% on the average after the market saw similar growth last year and will slowly recover towards the 2008 level, when Romanians bought one million compu...
Government Weakens State-held Companies By Board Member Appoitments
Ionut Gogu, advisor to Communications Minister Valerian Vreme, and business partner of the minister’s wife, left the Board of Directors of state-owned postal company Posta Romana following a...
Posta Romana Board Member Resigns, While News Questions His Appointment
Ionut Gogu on Thursday stepped down from his position on the board of the Romanian state-owned postal service, citing personal reasons.
Private Emergency Hospitals To Be Fined If They Refuse Poor Critical Patients
Private hospitals with emergency rooms in Romania will be fined 10,000 to 30,000 lei (EUR2,400 – EUR7,250) if they refuse to stabilize patients in critical condition who have no money to pay...
Ericsson Romania To Double Local Staff
Telecom equipment manufacturer Ericsson has announced it will double its staff in the coming period, to over 2,000. The decision is part of the company’s expansion strategy on the Romanian m...
France Telecom Appoints New CEO At Orange Romania
France Telecom-Orange appointed Jean-Francois Fallacher as chief executive officer of Orange Romania, replacing Thierry Millet who was promoted within the group.
Romtelecom Strikes Deal To Take Over DTH Platform Boom TV’s Assets, Clients
Romanian telecom operator Romtelecom has signed a deal to take over the clients and assets of digital television Boom TV, Transylvania Insolvency House, the legal administrator of the televi...