Telekom Romania Mobile Communications S.A. is a mobile network company in Romania, wholly owned by OTE, which in turn is controlled by Deutsche Telekom, operating under Telekom brand. Telekom Romania Mobile had 3.5 million subscribers with 15% market share as of July 2021.[2]
The network operated together with Telekom Romania Communications since 2014 until 2021 under the same brand Telekom.[3] Both companies were majority owned by OTE, which in turn is controlled by Deutsche Telekom.
On November 6, 2020, OTE agreed to sell the 54% stake in the fixed network company Telekom Romania Communications to Orange Romania for €295 million.[4] In order for the transaction to be approved by the authorities, OTE has committed to buy the remaining 30% of shares in Telekom Romania Mobile, which operates the mobile network. The transaction was completed in July 2021.[5]
OTE did not succeed in selling the mobile phone company after the transaction with Digi failed due to the fact that it only wanted to buy cell sites and mobile frequencies, thus making Deutsche Telekom to rebrand it as Telekom Mobile and keep the company in OTE's portfolio until it finds a buyer.[6]
The company was launched as Cosmorom in 1999 by Romtelecom and entered service in April 2000. In the first years, the company failed to gain market share. Having around 1% market share and financial losses, there were talks about the selling of the company, but the decision was delayed several times due to disagreement between OTE, the majority owner of Romtelecom and the Romanian Government.[7] In January 2004 Romtelecom decided to sell a majority stake in the company. Buying offers were made by Mobilkom (now A1 Telekom Austria), which was seen as a favorite, and the Hungarian company Matev of Deutsche Telekom.[8] But in the end, the Greek company OTE, which owned 54% of Cosmorom's parent company, decided to buy 70% of the company, leaving Romtelecom with the remaining 30%.[9]
Cosmote RomaniaEdit
In July 2005 OTE's mobile division Cosmote relaunched the mobile operator separate from the fixed services company Romtelecom, with a popular offer for prepaid services. In December 2005 had approximately 50,000 subscribers. The process of relaunching, started with the rebranding as Cosmote on 6 December 2005. On 2 March 2006 started a wide advertising campaign on prepaid market, offering a limited number of SIM cards with 2000 free minutes within the network per month for a low price (3 euro).[10] The network could no longer cope with the large number of users and network failures often occurred. So on March 20, the company announced that the offer will work until March 31 only for people who have activated the service until March 22.
On 30 June 2009 Cosmote acquired Zapp Mobile, a CDMA mobile operator with 374,000 subscribers, who also had a 3G license.[11] Following Zapp acquisition, Cosmote launched 3G service. At the end of 2013, Cosmote Romania had 6.1 million customers, of which 25.9% were postpaid subscribers and the rest were users of prepaid services.
Telekom RomaniaEdit
On 12 September 2014, Romtelecom and Cosmote România unified mobile and fixed services under a single brand and changed their respective legal names to Telekom Romania Communications and Telekom Romania Mobile Communications.[12] The company tried to attract postpaid customers, including with bundling mobile and fixed services, but the market share dropped. The company raised prices, but financial losses continued.[13]
ShareholdersEdit
Telekom Romania Mobile Communications S.A. (mobile services):[14]
OTE - 99.9999994%
Societatea Națională de Radiocomunicații S.A - 0.0000006%
Radio Frequency SummaryEdit
Frequencies used on the Telekom Romania Mobile Network[15]
MCC
MNC
Frequency
Band Number
Protocol (Downlink/Uplink speed)
Class
Notes
226
03
900 MHz
8
GSM/GPRS/EDGE
2G
226
03
1800 MHz
3
GSM/GPRS/EDGE
2G
226
03
800 MHz
20
LTE (37.5 Mbit/s/12.5 Mbit/s)
4G
226
03
900 MHz
8
LTE (37.5 Mbit/s/12.5 Mbit/s)
4G
226
03
1800 MHz
3
LTE (150 Mbit/s/50 Mbit/s)
4G
226
03
2100 MHz
1
LTE (112.5 Mbit/s/37.5 Mbit/s)
4G
226
03
2100 MHz
n1
NR NSA (250 Mbit/s/50 Mbit/s)
5G
ReferencesEdit
^"Telekom Romania Mobile Communications S.A. din BUCURESTI - CUI 11952970". termene.ro. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
^"OTE Q2 Results" (PDF) (in Romanian). August 5, 2021.
^"Telekom Mobil şi-a definitivat echipa de management după separarea de divizia fixă. Odată cu finalizarea vânzării către Orange, grecii de la OTE pot începe să distribuie primele de succes". zf.ro. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
^"OTE sells stake in fixed line provider Telekom Romania to Orange for €295.6m". mobileeurope.co.uk. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
^"Dispare și ultima piedică în achiziția Telekom România de către Orange: OTE a anunțat că vrea să cumpere pachetul de 30% din fostul Cosmote" (in Romanian). hotnews.ro. July 29, 2021.
^"Telekom: Aproape de un Acord cu RCS & RDS pentru Vanzarea Diviziei Mobile". idevice.ro. March 2, 2020.
^"Destinul Cosmorom ramane o mare necunoscuta". capital.ro. December 11, 2003.
^"Trei oferte pentru cumpararea Cosmorom". capital.ro. January 29, 2004.
^""CosmOTE" a transferat banii pentru "Cosmorom"". bursa.ro. July 11, 2020.
^"ÎNCEPE REVOLUȚIA! COSMOTE lansează 2000 de minute lunar în rețea pentru numai 3 euro pe lună". comunic.ro. March 2, 2006.
^"UPDATE: Cosmote cumpara Zapp in Romania, pentru circa 207 milioane euro". hotnews.ro. June 30, 2009.
^"COSMOTE şi ROMTELECOM devin un singur brand, TELEKOM". evz.ro. August 14, 2014.
^"Telekom Romania To Increase The Price For All Fix And Mobile Services". romaniajournal.ro. March 6, 2019.
^"Actionari (Shareholders)" (in Romanian). Telekom Romania. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
^"Consultare benzi" (PDF) (in Romanian). July 26, 2017.
External linksEdit
Telekom Romania Mobile
October 16, 2023
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Telekom Romania Mobile Communications S A is a mobile network company in Romania wholly owned by OTE which in turn is controlled by Deutsche Telekom operating under Telekom brand Telekom Romania Mobile had 3 5 million subscribers with 15 market share as of July 2021 2 Telekom Romania Mobile Communications SAFormerlyCosmorom 1999 2005 Cosmote 2005 2014 TypeSubsidiaryIndustryTelecommunicationsFounded1999 24 years ago 1999 HeadquartersBucharest RomaniaKey peopleCharalampos Mazarakis CEO ServicesMobile phone telecommunicationsRevenue 380 million 2021 1 Net income 36 million 2021 Number of employees853 2021 ParentOTE Deutsche Telekom WebsiteOfficial websiteThe network operated together with Telekom Romania Communications since 2014 until 2021 under the same brand Telekom 3 Both companies were majority owned by OTE which in turn is controlled by Deutsche Telekom On November 6 2020 OTE agreed to sell the 54 stake in the fixed network company Telekom Romania Communications to Orange Romania for 295 million 4 In order for the transaction to be approved by the authorities OTE has committed to buy the remaining 30 of shares in Telekom Romania Mobile which operates the mobile network The transaction was completed in July 2021 5 OTE did not succeed in selling the mobile phone company after the transaction with Digi failed due to the fact that it only wanted to buy cell sites and mobile frequencies thus making Deutsche Telekom to rebrand it as Telekom Mobile and keep the company in OTE s portfolio until it finds a buyer 6 Contents 1 History 1 1 Cosmorom 1 2 Cosmote Romania 1 3 Telekom Romania 2 Shareholders 3 Radio Frequency Summary 4 References 5 External linksHistory EditCosmorom Edit The company was launched as Cosmorom in 1999 by Romtelecom and entered service in April 2000 In the first years the company failed to gain market share Having around 1 market share and financial losses there were talks about the selling of the company but the decision was delayed several times due to disagreement between OTE the majority owner of Romtelecom and the Romanian Government 7 In January 2004 Romtelecom decided to sell a majority stake in the company Buying offers were made by Mobilkom now A1 Telekom Austria which was seen as a favorite and the Hungarian company Matev of Deutsche Telekom 8 But in the end the Greek company OTE which owned 54 of Cosmorom s parent company decided to buy 70 of the company leaving Romtelecom with the remaining 30 9 Cosmote Romania Edit In July 2005 OTE s mobile division Cosmote relaunched the mobile operator separate from the fixed services company Romtelecom with a popular offer for prepaid services In December 2005 had approximately 50 000 subscribers The process of relaunching started with the rebranding as Cosmote on 6 December 2005 On 2 March 2006 started a wide advertising campaign on prepaid market offering a limited number of SIM cards with 2000 free minutes within the network per month for a low price 3 euro 10 The network could no longer cope with the large number of users and network failures often occurred So on March 20 the company announced that the offer will work until March 31 only for people who have activated the service until March 22 On 30 June 2009 Cosmote acquired Zapp Mobile a CDMA mobile operator with 374 000 subscribers who also had a 3G license 11 Following Zapp acquisition Cosmote launched 3G service At the end of 2013 Cosmote Romania had 6 1 million customers of which 25 9 were postpaid subscribers and the rest were users of prepaid services Telekom Romania Edit On 12 September 2014 Romtelecom and Cosmote Romania unified mobile and fixed services under a single brand and changed their respective legal names to Telekom Romania Communications and Telekom Romania Mobile Communications 12 The company tried to attract postpaid customers including with bundling mobile and fixed services but the market share dropped The company raised prices but financial losses continued 13 Shareholders EditTelekom Romania Mobile Communications S A mobile services 14 OTE 99 9999994 Societatea Națională de Radiocomunicații S A 0 0000006 Radio Frequency Summary EditFrequencies used on the Telekom Romania Mobile Network 15 MCC MNC Frequency Band Number Protocol Downlink Uplink speed Class Notes226 03 900 MHz 8 GSM GPRS EDGE 2G226 03 1800 MHz 3 GSM GPRS EDGE 2G226 03 800 MHz 20 LTE 37 5 Mbit s 12 5 Mbit s 4G226 03 900 MHz 8 LTE 37 5 Mbit s 12 5 Mbit s 4G226 03 1800 MHz 3 LTE 150 Mbit s 50 Mbit s 4G226 03 2100 MHz 1 LTE 112 5 Mbit s 37 5 Mbit s 4G226 03 2100 MHz n1 NR NSA 250 Mbit s 50 Mbit s 5GReferences Edit Telekom Romania Mobile Communications S A din BUCURESTI CUI 11952970 termene ro Retrieved August 17 2022 OTE Q2 Results PDF in Romanian August 5 2021 Telekom Mobil si a definitivat echipa de management după separarea de divizia fixă Odată cu finalizarea vanzării către Orange grecii de la OTE pot incepe să distribuie primele de succes zf ro Retrieved October 4 2021 OTE sells stake in fixed line provider Telekom Romania to Orange for 295 6m mobileeurope co uk Retrieved October 1 2021 Dispare și ultima piedică in achiziția Telekom Romania de către Orange OTE a anunțat că vrea să cumpere pachetul de 30 din fostul Cosmote in Romanian hotnews ro July 29 2021 Telekom Aproape de un Acord cu RCS amp RDS pentru Vanzarea Diviziei Mobile idevice ro March 2 2020 Destinul Cosmorom ramane o mare necunoscuta capital ro December 11 2003 Trei oferte pentru cumpararea Cosmorom capital ro January 29 2004 CosmOTE a transferat banii pentru Cosmorom bursa ro July 11 2020 INCEPE REVOLUȚIA COSMOTE lansează 2000 de minute lunar in rețea pentru numai 3 euro pe lună comunic ro March 2 2006 UPDATE Cosmote cumpara Zapp in Romania pentru circa 207 milioane euro hotnews ro June 30 2009 COSMOTE si ROMTELECOM devin un singur brand TELEKOM evz ro August 14 2014 Telekom Romania To Increase The Price For All Fix And Mobile Services romaniajournal ro March 6 2019 Actionari Shareholders in Romanian Telekom Romania Retrieved January 16 2018 Consultare benzi PDF in Romanian July 26 2017 External links EditTelekom Romania Mobile Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Telekom Romania Mobile amp oldid 1174122119, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
