Attending the ICEEfest conference in Bucharest, Hugh said Yahoo! has over two million smartphone users in Romania, who spend about 13 hours per week using Yahoo! mobile platform services.
According to the Romanian telecom market regulator ANCOM, local mobile operators had 25.5 million clients at the end of 2012, down 2.7% on the year.
The number of Internet connections using various mobile technologies (CDMA, EDGE, EV-DO, 3G, 3G+) rose to 7.1 million at the end of 2012, from 4.2 million in the previous year.
ICEEfest, one of the most significant events devoted to the digital industry in Central and Eastern Europe, takes place in Bucharest Thursday and Friday. The event is organized by Thinkdigital.