16.05.2025

During 2024, the number of Gigabit connections increased by 16% to almost 2.4 million, mainly due to the increase in the number of fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) connections to 5.4 million (+8%). Thus, Gigabit connections account for 35% of fixed internet connections. Although they don't reach Gigabit, another 60% of connections exceed 100 Mbps. Infographic is available here.

The ANCOM report on the telecom market at the end of 2024 is available, in Romanian, here, showing annual dynamics as follows:

Fixed Internet

• The number of connections reached 6.8 million in 2024 (+3%), with 95% of them allowing speeds over 100 Mbps
• 35% of connections allow speeds of at least 1 Gbps
• The average monthly traffic reached 88 GB per inhabitant (+10%), i.e. almost 3 GB/day
• At a national level, the penetration rate per 100 households was 83% (89% in urban areas and 75% in rural areas). The growth rate in the number of connections in rural areas (+5%) exceeds that in urban areas (+2%)
• By number of connections, the top 3 providers are: Digi (72%), Orange (16%) and Vodafone (10%)

Mobile Internet

• The number of active connections continues to increase slightly to 21.7 million, of which 18.6 million used 4G and/or 5G
• The number of 5G connections increased by 53% in 2024, reaching 3.5 million (16% of the total)
• Almost 21 million connections were made via mobile phone
• The average monthly traffic was almost 13 GB per capita (+18%), i.e. over 400 MB daily
• According to the number of active connections, the top 3 providers are: Orange (35%), Digi (30%) and Vodafone (22%)

Mobile

• 22.8 million active mobile SIM cards (-3%) at end-2024, subscription-based: 74%
• The increase in the number of subscription-based SIM cards  (+1 million) did not compensate for the significant decrease in the number of active prepaid card users (-1.8 million)
• Voice traffic decreased by 3% to 58 billion minutes, i.e. 4 hours and 15 minutes/month/inhabitant
• By number of active SIM cards, Orange had a market share of 35%, Digi 28%, and Vodafone 25%

Television

• The number of subscribers to TV retransmission services stayed at 7.8 million
• The migration of subscribers from satellite/DTH services (-138,000 subscribers) to cable services (+188,000 subscribers) continues
• By number of subscribers at end-2024, Digi had a market share of 75%, Orange 13%, Vodafone 9%

Revenues from the telecom sector

• Revenues in the telecom sector decreased by 5% in 2024, to RON 16.1 billion (approximately EUR 3.2 billion), mainly on account of wholesale telephony services
• Internet (fixed and mobile) generated 40% of total revenues, mobile telephony 29%, retransmission of TV programs 15%, fixed telephony 8%, and other types of networks/services 8%
• By the revenues from the provision of electronic communications networks and services, the top 3 providers were: Orange (36%), Digi (29%) and Vodafone (24%)

Statistical data report

The statistical data report on the electronic communications market in Romania for the second half of 2024 has been prepared by ANCOM based on the statistical data reported by the providers that have the obligation to transmit the values of indicators corresponding to the categories of services according to Decision no. 333/2013 and is available, in Romanian, here. The dynamics above is presented year-on-year.

May 17 - World Telecommunication and Information Society Day

This year, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the UN's specialized agency in the field of communications, marks 160 years of existence, reaffirming the importance of global connectivity and international cooperation in the electronic communications sector.