20 feb 2012

Finnish mobile giant Nokia, which had become no. 1 on the Romanian mobile phone market from the first few years of GSM technology, lost its leading spot in 2011 to South Korea’s Samsung, whose sales more

17 feb 2012

Demand for IT equipment and solutions, such as servers and storage systems, started to rebound in Romania last year after an investment freeze both by private companies and by the public sector, more

6 feb 2012

Austrian group Kapsch, with EUR1 billion in annual turnover in IT, telecom and traffic management solutions, bought Squario IT Solutions and Focus Net Consulting – two local consulting and IT more

1 feb 2012

Sales of portable computers (laptops, netbooks, and ultrabooks) rose by 10% to approximately 450,000 units in Romania in 2011 from the 400,000 units sold the year before that, according to the more

31 ian 2012

The IT department of Romtelecom, one of the leading providers of landline telephony, Internet and TV services on the market, will have to do more with a lower budget this year, after having invested more

30 ian 2012

U.S. software giant Microsoft recruited 90 people for its technical support center in Bucharest last year. Employees at this center provide technical support to international customers, Adina Bigas, more

27 ian 2012

The overall volume of online payments in Romania, from card payments on the internet, to orders made online and paid cash on delivery, is worth over EUR1 billion per year, Cristian Herghelegiu, more

26 ian 2012

The biggest auction for mobile communications licenses ever organized by the Romanian government and scheduled for this year could generate EUR0.5 billion in revenue for the state budget from Orange, more

25 ian 2012

SIVECO, the largest Romanian software developer, at the end of last year opened a representative office in Dubai and plans to tap 10 more international markets this year, Irina Socol, president and more

24 ian 2012

Six years after its first acquisition on the GSM market in Romania, Spanish fund GED Capital is negotiating with Vodafone the exit from what is left of the Fonomat chain, 39 stores from almost 200 in more

19 ian 2012

After having signed an agreement for a potential deal with eMag in 2008, investment fund Balkan Accession Fund (BAF) found out in April 2009 it had all been for nothing, as it the retailer had been more

17 ian 2012

Bogdan Vlad and Dan Teodosescu, two of the founders of eMag, the largest online retailer in Romania, sold all of their remaining shares, about 30%, to the majority shareholder, Asesoft Distribution, more

12 ian 2012

Finnish company Nokia, the world’s largest cell phone maker, which has recently closed down its research and development division and the phone manufacturing plant in Cluj, also made in 2011 some more

10 ian 2012

The cell phone market in Romania stagnated at the 2010 level of 3.5 to 4 million units sold. Cheap phones accounted for the bulk of sales again, even though smartphones gained ground, Dan Stefanescu, more

6 ian 2012

Romania’s communications market regulator ANCOM announced at the end of last year that it plans to sell at auction new mobile communications licenses in 2012. A series of decisions has been more

28 dec 2011

Romania could collect over EUR200 million from the auction in which Orange, Vodafone and Cosmote will fight once again for their operating licenses. more

22 dec 2011

Orange and Vodafone, the largest mobile telephony operators on the Romanian market, which cumulate more than 18 million customers and annual revenue of EUR1.8 billion, will be left without their more

8 dec 2011

Server sales rose in Romania between January and September this year, compared with 2009 and 2010, as companies invested in various IT projects, an official of the local unit of US-based Hewlett more

6 dec 2011

The reduction in the number of projects in the private sector, the price battle and public sector issues have hindered the development of the Romanian software and IT services market, says Eugen more

5 dec 2011

Orange, the leader of the local mobile telephony market with over 10 million customers and one of the largest companies in Romania, expects sales in December to be better than in 2010, Julien more

1 dec 2011

The mobile telephony unit of the Greek OTE group saw its revenue on the Romanian market go up in the third quarter of this year, unlike the other operators, as a result of the changes in its pricing more

30 nov 2011

Romanian internet and telecom operator RCS&RDS has taken out a EUR200 million syndicated loan from Banca Comerciala Romana (BCR), CEC Bank and Switzerland’s Credit Suisse. more

28 nov 2011

Austrian group Kapsch, with a turnover estimated at EUR1 billion in the current fiscal year, plans a strong development of its IT&C business line in Romania, but it is mainly focusing on projects that more

25 nov 2011

PC sales (desktop computers, laptops and servers) in Romania went up 9% in the third quarter and the fourth quarter could end with a rise in deliveries, representatives of the largest companies on the more

22 nov 2011

Romania is a market where people lay “surprisingly” high emphasis on fashion and design, on the cars they drive and the clothes they wear, so the new generation of ultra-thin portable computers more