Telekom Romania

Telekom Romania Communications (formerly known as Romtelecom) is a Romanian telecommunications company, which provides fixed voice, television and data services, for residential and business customers in Romania. As of 2020, Telekom Romania Communications is the 2nd largest fixed services provider in the country. [1]

Telekom Romania
FormerlyRomtelecom
IndustryTelecommunications
Founded1930 (as SART: Romanian Telephone Corporation)
1989 (as ROM-POST-TELECOM)
2014 (as Telekom Romania)
HeadquartersBucharest, Romania
Key people
Dina Tsybulskaya (CEO), Andreea Cramer (CCO), Alexander Jenbar (CTIO), Florina Tănase (Chief HR, Legal & External Affairs Officer), Ruxandra Voda (Director of communications)
Productsfixed voice, television and data services, for residential and business customers
Revenue€950.9 million (2020)
€150.7 million (2020)
ParentOTE(until July 2021)/Telekom Romania Mobile Communications (54%)
Romanian state (46%)
Websitemobile.telekom.ro

History

Mobile communications

The mobile communications company is now Telekom Romania Mobile Communications and is 100% owned by OTE Group.

Telekom Romania is the former Cosmote, the operator which shook the Romanian telecom market in 2006 when it launched a prepaid product at an unprecedented price, gaining millions of customers in months, and reaching a peak of 6.92 million subscribers by 2009.

Cosmote was relaunched by OTE Group in late 2005 after several years of indecision following the 1998 launching of Cosmorom by Romtelecom.

In July 2005, OTE's mobile division Cosmote decided to buy 70% of shares in Cosmorom from Romtelecom, and on 6 December 2005, it was rebranded as Cosmote România (known locally as Cosmote).

On 30 June 2009, Cosmote acquired Zapp Mobile, a CDMA mobile operator with 374,000 subscribers, which also had a 3G license. Following the Zapp acquisition, Cosmote launched its 3G service.

In September 2014, it was rebranded into Telekom Romania.

In June 2017, Telekom Romania conducted the first 5G live demonstration in Bucharest, Romania and SE Europe, with Ericsson, and later that year launched Telekom Banking, in partnership with Alior Bank.

Two first marked 2019: the introduction of the first prepaid service available in retailers’ chains, with full online activation, and the launching of Smart TV product.

On March 30, 2020 Telekom Romania was the first company in Romania to host an online press conference, featuring its chief executive officer Miroslav Majoros and unveiling the company's strategy facing the coronavirus pandemic.

In February 2021 Telekom Romania became the first telecommunications company to install charging stations for electric cars. Later in the year, it launched three services: Where's My Technician, 3D preview of phones, and the Live Shop.

Acquisition of fixed operations by Orange

On July 28, 2021, The European Commission conditionally approved the acquisition of the Telekom Romania Communications by Orange, which was officially announced on November 9, 2020.[2]

On November 9, 2020, Orange and OTE announced they reached an agreement to transfer the main stake of 54.01% sharesg in Telekom Romania Communications from the Greek group to the French company, which thus acquired Telekom Romania's fixed operations.

The Romanian state made no announcement regarding its stake of 45.99% in Telekom Romania Communications. In July 2020, the European Commission conditioned the approval of the transaction on the sale by Orange of the 30% held by Telekom Romania Communications into Telekom Romania Mobile Communications, a condition fulfilled by OTE, announced on September 9, 2021, that it bought the stake from the French company.[3]

Telekom Romania Mobile Communications continues to operate as a mobile telephony operator, providing mobile telephony and internet services. The company is fully controlled by OTE Group, in which the main stake is held by Deutsche Telekom.

Shareholders

Telekom Romania Mobile Communications S.A. (mobile services):[4]

  • OTE - 99.9999994%
  • Individuals - 0.0000006%

Results

Mobile (pre-2014)
Result200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019
Market share0.5%7%11%23%over 23%24%24%23.8%22.9%------
Customers (million)0.0481.233.65.96.926.96.56.3686.1536.0475.9225.7225.2585.3604.916
Revenues8.043.8155.6311423.2468.8468.2462.8457.6------

Radio frequency summary

The following is a list of known frequencies which Telekom employs in Romania:

Frequencies used on the Telekom Romania Network
MCCMNCFrequencyBand NumberProtocol (Downlink/Uplink speed)ClassNotes
22603900 MHz8GSM/GPRS/EDGE2G
226031800 MHz3GSM/GPRS/EDGE2G
22606900 MHz8UMTS/HSPA/HSPA+ (21.6 Mbit/s/5.76 Mbit/s)3G
226062100 MHz1UMTS/HSPA/HSPA+/DC-HSPA+ (43.2 Mbit/s/5.76 Mbit/s)3G
22603800 MHz20LTE (37.5 Mbit/s)4G
22603900 MHz8LTE (37.5 Mbit/s)4G
226031800 MHz3LTE (150 Mbit/s/50 Mbit/s)4G
226032100 MHz1LTE (75 Mbit/s/37.5 Mbit/s)4G

References
  1. "Afacerile primilor cinci operatori telecom din România. Internetul și programele TV avansează. Declinul telefoniei fixe. TOPUL companiilor".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "Mergers: Commission approves acquisition of Telekom Romania by Orange, subject to conditions". ec.europa.eu.
  3. "Announcement of Regulated Information". www.athexgroup.gr.
  4. "Actionari (Shareholders)" (in Romanian). Telekom Romania. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
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