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Stefanos Theocharopoulos, head of Cosmote: Network is ready for LTE/4G technology to be launched in 2013
The Cosmote network has been recently upgraded, it is ready for LTE/4G technology allowing download speeds of 100 Mbps. We will launch these services next year, said Stefanos Theocharopoulos, the head of Cosmote Romania. Last month, Orange, the leader in the market of mobile phones, announced the launch of 4G services at the end of the year, while Vodafone, the second largest mobile phone operator says it will have such services early in 2013.
The head of Cosmote made this statement at a specialized event organized by Business Review.
ANCOM – the authorities in communications announced last month the results of the biggest mobile phone tender ever organized in Romania. Following the tender organized with 5 participants – 2K Telecom, Cosmote, Orange, RCS&RDS and Vodafone – won 485 MHz in bands of 800 MHz, 900 MHz, 1800 MHz and 2600 MHz, radio frequencies for mobile voice communications and broadband Internet. The spectrum available for mobile communications has grown by 77%. LTE/4G services are offered for bands of 800 MHz, 1800 MHz and 2600 MHz.
License fees whose cumulated value is 682,136,036 euro, will be paid in installments according to frequency blocks, until 30 November 2012 and 30 June 2013.
LTE Standard (Long Term Evolution) also called 4G was proposed for the first time in 2004 by Japanese operator NTT DoCoMO as a starting point for the development of an international standard for mobile phone networks of the fourth generation. The new standard is an evolution of the present UMTS technology, widely used for the implementation of 3G networks and will allow transfer speeds up to 100 Mbps download and 50 Mbps upload.