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Romania - Telecoms Infrastructure, Operators, Regulations - Statistics and Analyses

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  • 67 Pages
  • October 2019
  • Region: Romania
  • Paul Budde Communication Pty Ltd
  • ID: 446922
Romania's telecoms market continues to evolve under the dynamics of competition and technological change. Alternative operators have launched competing services in the fixed-line voice market, with cable TV operators such as UPC Romania being particularly successful in attracting new customers. The market overall continues to evolve with operators expanding into the provision of multiple services. To this end Vodafone Group acquired Liberty Global's local unit UPC Romania in July 2019, thus allowing Vodafone Romania to compete more effectively with the service offerings from Orange Romania and Telekom Romania. All operators are investing in network capacity upgrades in response to the shift towards offering IP-delivered content.

This report provides an overview of Romania's fast-developing telecommunications market, covering regulatory developments, major players and fixed-line infrastructure, and offering a variety of operational and financial statistics.

Key developments:
  • Deutsche Telekom secures approval for sale of stake in Telekom Romania;
  • Telekom Romania begins dismantling parts of its legacy copper network;
  • Legislation passed to facilitate access to telco infrastructure and public spaces;
  • Government signs off on new NGN strategy;
  • Report update includes the regulators market data to December 2018, State Statistics data for 2018, telcos operating and financial data to Q3 2019, Telecom Maturity Index charts and analyses, recent market developments.

Companies mentioned in this report:

RCS&RDS, UPC Romania, GTS Telecom, Telekom Romania, SN Radiocomunicatii

Table of Contents

1 Key statistics
2 Regional European Market Comparison
2.1 Europe Telecom Maturity Index by tier
2.2 TMI versus GDP
2.3 Mobile and mobile broadband penetration
2.4 Fixed versus mobile broadband penetration
3 Telecommunications market
3.1 Overview and statistics
4 Regulatory environment
4.1 Historic overview
4.2 Regulatory authority
4.3 Telecom sector liberalisation
4.4 Privatisation
4.5 Access
4.6 Interconnect
4.7 Carrier Selection and Carrier PreSelection
4.8 Number Portability (NP)
5 Fixed network operators
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Telekom Romania
6 Telecommunications infrastructure
6.1 Overview of the national telecom network
6.2 International infrastructure
6.3 Wholesale
6.4 Smart infrastructure
7 Appendix Historic data8 Related reports
List of Tables
Table 1 Top Level Country Statistics and Telco Authorities - Romania 2019 (e)
Table 2 Increase in telecom market revenue 2013 2018
Table 3 Change in the share of telecom market revenue by type 2016 2018
Table 4 Change in retail and wholesale fixed-line market revenue 2014 2018
Table 5 Decline in average monthly fixed-line revenue by subscriber and household 2016 2018
Table 6 Decline in fixed-line traffic by type 2011 2018
Table 7 CS and CPS providers, fixed network 2008 2018
Table 8 Change in the number of annual fixed number portings 2008 2018
Table 9 Decline in Telekom Romania's share of fixed lines in service 2008 2018
Table 10 Decline in the number of fixed-lines in service, by operator 2008 2018
Table 11 Decline in the number of fixed-line subscribers 2014 2018
Table 12 Decline in Telekom Romania's fixed-line revenue 2005 2019
Table 13 Change in the number of Telekom Romania's fixed. broadband and TV subscribers 2011 2019
Table 14 Decline in the number of fixed lines in service and teledensity 2009 2024
Table 15 Increase in international internet bandwidth 2009 2016
Table 16 Historic Fixed lines in service and teledensity (by population) 2000 2009
Table 17 Historic - International internet bandwidth 2000 2009
Table 18 Historic - CS and CPS lines 2008 2017
Table 19 Historic - Telekom Romania's fixed-line telephony subscriber base 2006 2009
List of Charts
Chart 1 Europe Telecoms Maturity Index Market Leaders (top tier)
Chart 2 Europe Telecoms Maturity Index Market Challengers (middle tier)
Chart 3 Europe Telecoms Maturity Index Market Emergents (bottom tier)
Chart 4 Overall view - Telecoms Maturity Index vs GDP per Capita
Chart 5 Europe - mobile subscriber penetration vs mobile broadband penetration
Chart 6 Scandinavia and Baltics: mobile subscriber penetration vs mobile broadband penetration
Chart 7 Northern Europe mobile subscriber penetration vs mobile broadband penetration
Chart 8 Southern Europe mobile subscriber penetration vs mobile broadband penetration
Chart 9 Eastern Europe mobile subscriber penetration vs mobile broadband penetration
Chart 10 Scandinavia and Baltics fixed and mobile broadband penetration
Chart 11 Northern Europe fixed and mobile broadband penetration
Chart 12 Southern Europe fixed and mobile broadband penetration
Chart 13 Eastern Europe fixed and mobile broadband penetration
Chart 14 Increase in telecom market revenue 2013 2018
Chart 15 Change in the share of telecom market revenue by type 2016 2018
Chart 16 Change in retail and wholesale fixed-line market revenue 2014 2018
Chart 17 Decline in average monthly fixed-line revenue by subscriber and household 2016 2018
Chart 18 Decline in fixed-line traffic by type 2011 2018
Chart 19 Change in the number of annual fixed number portings 2008 2018
Chart 20 Decline in Telekom Romania's share of fixed lines in service 2008 2018
Chart 21 Decline in the number of fixed-lines in service, by operator 2008 2018
Chart 22 Decline in the number of fixed-line subscribers 2014 2018
Chart 23 Decline in Telekom Romania's fixed-line revenue 2005 2019
Chart 24 Change in the number of Telekom Romania's fixed. broadband and TV subscribers 2011 2019
Chart 25 Decline in the number of fixed lines in service and teledensity 2009 2024
Exhibit 1 Generalised Market Characteristics by Market Segment
Exhibit 2 Access, the local loop and unbundling an overview

Companies Mentioned

  • RCS&RDS
  • UPC Romania
  • GTS Telecom
  • Telekom Romania
  • SN Radiocomunicatii