Marinescu said the aforementioned operators fulfilled the requirement stipulated in the taskbook and paid the first tranche for the telecom licenses until November 30.
Following an auction organized in September by ANCOM, Cosmote, Orange, RCS&RDS, Vodafone and 2K Telecom acquired, for EUR682.14 million, mobile telephony licenses in frequency bands 800 MHz, 900 MHz, 1.800 MHz and 2.600 MHz. ANCOM said at the time that the five operators acquired 85% of the available spectrum. ANCOM auctioned off frequency blocks totaling 575 MHz, at a starting price of EUR726.8 million.
Vodafone Romania is due to pay EUR228.52 million, Orange Romania will pay EUR227.14 million, Cosmote Romania will pay EUR179.88 million, RCS&RDS will pay EUR40 million and 2K Telecom will pay EUR6.6 million.
ANCOM data indicate the five operators will pay EUR478 million to the state budget until June 30, 2013.