RO: 3G Services on the Radio Frequencies Assigned to GSM Services
ANCOM and the telecom industry representatives which attended the Consultative Council meeting have completed the technical and administrative terms for the provision, in parallel, of third generation and second generation electronic communications services in the 900 MHz and 1800 MHz frequency bands.
The provision of 3G services (i.e. multimedia and data transmission) in these bands will be possible as soon as the operators’ licences are amended, in compliance with the following obligations: continuity in providing the 2G services (i.e. voice), protection of the GSM systems that will further operate in the 900 MHz and 1800 MHz bands, as well as protection of the radiocommunications systems existing in the adjacent bands. The operators envisaged by this decision are Orange Romania, Vodafone Romania and Cosmote Romanian Mobile Telecommunications, holding licences that grant them the right to use the frequencies in these bands and will now be able to also offer 3G services (data, multimedia) in the bands which so far have been exclusively used for the provision of voice and data services over GPRS and EDGE.
As soon as this decision becomes effective, in Romania there will be three active mobile telephony providers, holders of GSM licences, that will also be able to provide 3G services based on these licences (i.e. Orange Romania, Vodafone Romania and Cosmote Romanian Mobile Telecommunications) and four operators – holders of 3G licences (i.e. Orange Romania, Vodafone Romania, Telemobil and RCS & RDS).
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