Telekom Romania
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Formerly | Germanos, Cosmote Romania |
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Industry | Telecommunications |
Predecessor | Romtelecom, Cosmote |
Founded |
- 1930 (as Societatea Anonimă Română de Telefoane (SART)) - 1991 (Germanos), 1998 (as Cosmorom) - 2014 (as Telekom Romania) |
Headquarters | Bucharest, Romania |
Key people | Nikolai Beckers (CEO) |
Products |
Fixed telephony Mobile telephony Broadband Internet IT Services IPTV |
Revenue | EUR 972 million (2017) |
Owners | OTE (54,01% of Telekom Romania Communications), Cosmote (70% of Telekom Romania Mobile Communications)[1] |
Parent | OTE, Cosmote, Deutsche Telekom |
Website |
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Telekom Romania (formerly known as Romtelecom and Cosmote România) is a Romanian telecommunications company headquartered in Bucharest. It is the result of the brand merger between Romtelecom and Cosmote. Although it shares the branding of Deustche Telekom, the company is a subsidiary of OTE, a Greek telecommunications company (which is in turn minority-controlled by Deustche Telekom).
Mobile services
The company launched on the Romanian mobile telephony market in 1998 as Cosmorom. In 2005, Cosmorom was rebranded as Cosmote România. At the end of 2013, Cosmote România had 6.1 million customers, of which 25.9% were subscribers and the rest were users of prepaid services.
Results
Telekom's mobile (formerly COSMOTE) strategy in Romania, translated into good business results
Result | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
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Customers Market share | 0.5% | 7% | 11% | 23% | over 23% | 24% | 24% | 23.8% | 22.9% |
Customers | 48.934 | 1.23 mil. | 3.6 mil | 5.9 mil. | 6.92 mil. | 6.9 mil. | 6.5 mil. | 6.3 mil. | 6.1 mil. |
Revenues | 8.0 | 43.8 | 155.6 | 311 | 423.2 | 468.8 | 468.2 | 462.8 | 457.6 |
Radio frequency summary
The following is a list of known frequencies which Telekom employs in Romania:
MCC | MNC | Frequency | Band Number | Protocol (Downlink/Uplink speed) | Class | Notes |
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226 | 03 | 900 MHz | 8 | GSM/GPRS/EDGE | 2G | |
226 | 03 | 1800 MHz | 3 | GSM/GPRS/EDGE | 2G | |
226 | 06 | 900 MHz | 8 | UMTS/HSPA/HSPA+ (21.6 Mbit/s/5.76 Mbit/s) | 3G | |
226 | 06 | 2100 MHz | 1 | UMTS/HSPA/HSPA+/DC-HSPA+ (43.2 Mbit/s/5.76 Mbit/s) | 3G | |
226 | 03 | 800 MHz | 20 | LTE (37.5 Mbit/s) | 4G | |
226 | 03 | 900 MHz | 8 | LTE (37.5 Mbit/s) | 4G | |
226 | 03 | 1800 MHz | 3 | LTE (150 Mbit/s/50 Mbit/s) | 4G |