The number of 5G connections in Romania has tripled in the last year, up to 2.3 million, but, from my point of view, it is still an unsatisfactory outcome, with 11% of the total, on Friday said Valeriu Zgonea, the president of the National Authority for Administration and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM), at the "Communications for the Future: Innovation and Research in the Digital Era" workshop, dedicated to the World Day of Telecommunications and the Information Society."Today, in Romania, we have over 4,300 5G base stations, which belong to the four big operators and which operate in the frequency bands of 2.1 Mhz, 2.6 Mhz and in the bands 3.4 and 3.8. ...) 4G technology is predominant in Romania, but there is no demand for 5G technology yet, even if we have the impression that Romania is somewhere up there. (...) We have hope, from the dialogue we had with the operators, that there will be a robust increase in the next period of the transition rate from 4G to 5G," Zgonea said."The essential pillar for the digitization of a society includes the integration of technologies in all aspects of our economic, social life, an increase in operational efficiency through automation, obtaining competitive advantages through innovation and through adaptability. As you know, two years ago, the authority made an auction to provide the operators with spectrum for 5G dedicated to these new technologies that are coming to Romania today. Now, the operators benefit from a much larger and more diverse amount of spectrum and we hope that, in a fairly short period of time, to be able to achieve the goals we have established," Valeriu Zgonea added.
PPC blue, part of Public Power Corporation (PPC) Group, will install 60 EV charging points on European routes in Romania and Greece using EU funding. The company will receive up to EUR 2.76 million as part of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) 's Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Facility (AFIF) program. The "East Europe Electric Route" project […]
Ukraine's Naftogaz Group has signed the first agreement with the company SOCAR Energy Ukraine, part of the Azerbaijani SOCAR group, for the purchase of natural gas from Azerbaijan. The gas will come through the Bulgaria-Romania-Ukraine corridor to alleviate Ukraine's energy consumption. In anticipation of the gas deliveries, a test delivery of natural gas was carried […]
Localities in six counties were affected by floods and storms on Sunday, July 27, but the hardest-hit were those in north-east Romania, specifically in the Suceava and Neamț counties, where precipitation caused rivers to swell out of control. On Sunday, the National Institute of Hydrology and Water Management (INHGA) issued a red alert for rivers […]
Hoghilag - Land of Tuberoses, an event highlighting the tuberose gardens in the commune of Hoghilag, in Sibiu county, will take place on the weekend of August 9 – August 10. Besides exploring the tuberose gardens during guided tours, visitors can also attend a fair of traditional local products and a truffle hunt in the […]
Deputy prime minister Dragoș Anastasiu announced his resignation from office on Sunday, July 27, after it was revealed that he was a witness in an older corruption case involving one of his companies. The company, Eurolines, paid bribes for eight years to a financial inspector from Romania’s tax agency ANAF. The former official said he […]
Romanian president Nicușor Dan denied claims by Russia that Ukrainian fighter jets were granted permission to fly over Romanian territory, calling the accusations "completely false", Agerpres reported on July 25. The president stated he had full access to all relevant information and confirmed that no...
