Headquarters of Vodafone Romania

Vodafone is Romania's second-largest mobile phone network operator^{[citation needed]}. It launched in April 1997 as the first GSM network in Romania (although not the first mobile phone network). Until October 2005, it was known as Connex, after which it was rebranded Connex-Vodafone and in April 2006, the Connex name was dropped, the operator being simply known as Vodafone Romania, aligning itself with the global Vodafone brand. Image File history File links VodafoneNewLogo. ... Vodafone Group Plc is a mobile network operator headquartered in Newbury, Berkshire, England. ... Year 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar). ... Voluntari is a city in Ilfov county, Romania. ... Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ... Several mobile phones A mobile telephone or cellular telephone (commonly mobile phone or cell phone) is a long-range, portable electronic device used for mobile communication. ... Telecommunication involves the transmission of signals over a distance for the purpose of communication. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 569 pixelsFull resolution (1887 × 1342 pixel, file size: 799 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 569 pixelsFull resolution (1887 × 1342 pixel, file size: 799 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... A telecommunications network is a network of telecommunications links arranged so that messages may be passed from one part of the network to another over multiple links. ... Global System for Mobile communications (GSM: originally from Groupe Spécial Mobile) is the most popular standard for mobile phones in the world. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Vodafone Group Plc is a mobile network operator headquartered in Newbury, Berkshire, England. ...

Vodafone covers 95% of the Romanian population, with over 8.23 million subscribers at June 30th 2007^[1] and 45% market share. Vodafone provides roaming agreements with 238 international operators in 103 countries. Roaming is a general term in wireless telecommunications that refers to the extending of connectivity service in a location that is different from the home location where the service was registered. ...

Vodafone Romania is a wholly owned subsidiary of Vodafone Group plc, and is the seventh-largest Vodafone subisidiary in the world by number of subscribers. Vodafone became the majority stakeholder after it brought 79% of Mobifon's shares from Canadian company Telesystems International Wireless, which had been the previous majority shareholder. Furthermore it recently acquired 5% of Mobifon's shares from Canadian Entrepreneur Elani Grobler. Vodafone Group Plc is a mobile network operator headquartered in Newbury, Berkshire, England. ... Telesystem International Wireless (TIW) was a rapidly-growing, global mobile communications operator. ...

The operator is in head-to-head competition with Orange for the 15.3 million mobile telephony users in Romania. Connex, the ancestor of Vodafone Romania, held the largest number of subscribers until September 2004, when Orange edged ahead. Orange Romania is Romanias largest GSM network operator. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The motto of Vodafone is Trăieşte fiecare clipă (Make the most of now). Previous mottos were: Tu faci viitorul (You create the future) and Viitorul sună bine (The future sounds good).

Brands of Vodafone

Vodafone runs numerous others brands. They include:

• Xnet - an internet service providers
• myX - Romania's first mobile portal
• myBanking - Mobile Banking service
• myDomain - domain name service

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History

• 1998: SMS services introduced
• 1999: Xnet Internet service introduced; High Speed Circuit Switched Data (HSCSD) technology introduced; mobile phones running on Connex donated to ambulance service of Oradea (first Romanian company to do so)
• 2000: WAP mobile Internet services launched
• 2001: myX, Romania's first mobile portal launched; SMS services such as dating, ringtones and logos are introduced; GPRS service launched

A former "Connex Center" rebranded as Vodafone in Iaşi, Romania.

• 2002: GPRS prepaid introduced; first company in Europe to introduce World Wide Number (WWN) facilities; mobile banking introduced in cooperation with Banca Comerciala Romana (BCR).
• 2003: myBanking introduced - a service in collaboration with Raiffeisen Bank, for customers to pay Connex bills and do banking automatically
• 2003: Connex Meeting Call introduced.
• 2005: 3G services based on W-CDMA introduced, giving way to video telephony and broadband internet via mobile phone.
• 2005: In partnership with RIM, Connex launches the first BlackBerry service in Romania.
• 2005: Liliana Solomon is named CEO of Connex.
• November 1, 2005: The name of the operator is changed to Connex-Vodafone.
• April 27, 2006: The name of the operator is changed to Vodafone Romania.

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See also

• List of mobile network operators
• Communications in Romania

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References

1. ^ [1], Vodafone Romania

External links

• Vodafone web site
• Vodafone to Acquire Control of MobiFon in Romania and Oskar in the Czech Republic