Romania - Key Statistics, Telecom Market and Regulatory Overviews

Synopsis

Romania’s fixed-line telecoms market is evolving under the weight of competition and technological change. Implementation of EU Directives has opened the telecoms market to competition and implemented a regulatory framework designed to foster effective competition. Alternative operators have launched competing services in the liberalised fixed-line voice market, with cable TV operators the most successful to date. Alternative operators and the incumbent have invested in network capacity upgrades due to the shift towards offering broadband services. This report provides an insight into Romania’s developing telecommunications market, covering regulatory developments, major players, fixed-line infrastructure and offering a variety of statistics.

Key developments:

Weakened currency contributing to decline in telecom market revenue; OTE declines to buy government’s share in RomTelecom; regulator’s H1 2011 market data; operator data to end-2011; market developments into 2012.

Companies covered in this report include:

RCS & RDS, UPC Romania, GTS Telecom, RomTelecom, SN Radiocomunicatii.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Key statistics
• 3. Telecommunications market
  • 3.1 Economic background
  • 3.2 Overview of Romania’s telecom market
• 4. Regulatory environment
  • 4.1 Overview
    • 4.1.1 EU regulatory framework
    • 4.1.2 Revised NFR
  • 4.2 Regulatory authority
    • 4.2.1 National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM)
  • 4.3 Telecom sector liberalisation in Romania
    • 4.3.1 Privatisation
    • 4.3.2 Access
    • 4.3.3 Interconnect
    • 4.3.4 Carrier selection and carrier PreSelection
    • 4.3.5 Number portability
• 5. Fixed network operators in Romania
  • 5.1 Overview of operators
  • 5.2 RomTelecom
  • 5.3 Alternative operators
    • 5.3.1 RCS&RDS
    • 5.3.2 UPC
    • 5.3.3 GTS Telecom
    • 5.3.4 SN Radiocomunicatii (Radiocom)
• 6. Telecommunications infrastructure
  • 6.1 National telecom network
    • 6.1.1 RomTelecom
    • 6.1.2 Alternative operators
  • 6.2 International infrastructure
• 7. Related reports

• Table 1 – Country statistics – 2011 (e)
• Table 2 – Telephone network statistics – 2011
• Table 3 – Internet user statistics – 2011
• Table 4 – Internet subscriber statistics – 2011
• Table 5 – Broadband statistics – 2011
• Table 6 – Mobile statistics – 2011
• Table 7 – National telecommunications authority
• Table 8 – Telecom market revenue (RON) – 2006 - 2012
• Table 9 – Revenue change for telecom services – 2006 - 2010
• Table 10 – Cost of local loop unbundling and shared access – 2006 - 2009
• Table 11 – Wholesale lines available, by type – 2008 - 2010
• Table 12 – Network interconnection rates – 2006 - 2009
• Table 13 – CS and CPS providers, fixed network – 2008 - 2011
• Table 14 – CS and CPS lines – 2008 - 2011
• Table 15 – Fixed number portings – 2008 - 2011
• Table 16 – Fixed number portings as share of total lines– 2008 - 2011
• Table 17 – Fixed-line market share by traffic – 2008 - 2010
• Table 18 – Fixed-line market share by subscribers – 2008 - 2011
• Table 19 – Fixed-lines, by operator – 2008 - 2011
• Table 20 – RomTelecom revenue – 2005 - 2011
• Table 21 – RomTelecom fixed-line telephony subscribers – 2006 - 2011
• Table 22 – Fixed lines in service and teledensity (by population) – 2000 - 2012
• Table 23 – Fixed-line teledensity (by household) – 2006 - 2012
• Table 24 – Total international Internet bandwidth – 2000 - 2011

• Chart 1 – Telecom market value (RON) – 2006 – 2012
• Chart 2 – Wholesale lines available, by type – 2008 - 2010
• Chart 3 – Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 2000 – 2012

• Exhibit 1 – The EU regulatory framework for communications
• Exhibit 2 – Access, the local loop and unbundling – an overview