Intellinews - Romania Telecoms Report

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• Largest operators remain the most profitable also;
• Pure mobile operators compete with cable operators, while
• Romtelecom competes with both;
• While pure mobile operators, having reached maturity, cash
• high profits, cable operators are still investing; RCS&RDS
• cable operators started already cashing profits, while
• Romtelecom combines maturity with investments;
• While mobile operators boost data services and push
• smartphones, cable operators move to digitisation and
• develop proprietary content;
• Many yet small-sized takeovers are expected in cable
• segment while Romtelecom/Cosmote group will streamline
• its structure; WiFi programme is delayed;
• Cable operators report 4% lower revenues in 2009 while one
• in five went bankrupt or ceased operations;
• Number of TV subscriptions decreases to 5.73mn at end-June;
• Digital Terrestrial TV (DTTV) implementation gets delayed by
• three years;
• Major telecom operators face collusion allegations;
• Market regulator launches consultation on wholesale markets
• for leased line; ANCOM deems that Romtelecom holds
• significant power on the market segment for services up to
• 2 Mbps and proposes imposing on the company a number
• of obligations;
• Vodafone Romania’s revenues down 12% to EUR 425mn in H1
• of FY 2010-2011;
• Orange Romania’s revenues down mainly on prepay segment;
• Romtelecom revenues down by 6.5% y/y in Q3;
• Cosmote Romania reports higher profits despite fewer
• customers;
• UPC revenues reached USD 38.2mn in the third quarter of
• 2010;
• Japanese telecom giant KDDI considers investing in Romania;