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Telecommunication industry in Romania - statistics & facts

The telecommunication industry in Romania developed significantly over the last 20 years, providing the country with one of the best infrastructures for mobile and fixed data. The telecommunication market proved itself, especially during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, when the entire infrastructure was tested after the country entered a state of emergency in March 2020, followed by a state of alert in May 2020. In other words, millions of students and employees depend on the telecommunication industry, specifically on the ability of their providers to implement the best telephony connection and internet speed necessary to carry out the home-office workload.


Internet connections and 5G services

Mobile internet connections have increased rapidly and now represent the vast majority of internet connections. By the end of 2022, over 77 percent of active mobile internet connections in Romania were 4G and 5G. Nonetheless, the focus for the following years is still on expanding the 5G technology. According to the Romanian Government’s 5G strategy, the launch of the new mobile standard began in 2020. While other countries, such as France and Germany, have already granted 5G licenses, Romania postponed the 5G auction in 2020. Although the project is still under development, Vodafone, Digi, and Orange have already launched 5G connections in some of the biggest cities in Romania, including Bucharest, Cluj, Brasov, and Constanta. However, despite having 5G subscriptions and 5G devices, the country’s 5G network is currently a hybrid one. This means that the network achieves very high data transfer speeds but continues to operate on 4G frequencies.



Telecommunication providers in Romania

In 2022, the annual revenues of telecommunication service providers in Romania accounted for 1.2 percent of the country’s gross domestic product. The most important telecommunications provider in 2021 was Orange Romania, with revenue worth 5.8 billion Romanian lei, followed by RCS&RDS, Vodafone Romania, and Telekom. The acquisition of UPC Romania by the Vodafone Group in July 2019 allowed Vodafone to be one of the most dominant telecommunication providers in the country. However, one of the most important transactions in the telecommunication industry was announced in November 2020, when Orange Romania confirmed that they would take over 54 percent of the shares of Telekom Romania Communications. The transaction was completed in September 2021. Regarding fixed telephony service providers based on the number of subscribers, RCS&RDS and Orange were the leading providers as of December 2022, accounting for a market share of 41 and 31 percent. On the other hand, even before purchasing over half of Telekom’s shares, Orange was the main mobile service provider based on the number of active SIM cards, while the cable internet market, while RCS&RDS has dominated the broadband internet market for the past three years.
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Published by Statista Research Department, Dec 21, 2023

Key insights

Number of internet connections in Romania
24.8m
Number of mobile telephone networks in Romania
23.2m
Number of fixed telephone networks in Romania
2.2m
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Most important telecommunication providers in Romania in 2021, by revenue (in million Romanian lei)

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Market shares of the main mobile service providers in Romania from 2020 to 2023, based on the number of active SIM cards

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Leading mobile service providers in Romania 2020-2023, by market share

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