Orange Romania


Orange România is a broadband Internet service provider and mobile provider in Romania. It is Romania's largest GSM network operator which is majority owned by Orange S.A. that also uses some of the Telekom Romania infrastructure, the biggest initial investor, who gradually increased its ownership.
Between 1997 and April 2002, the company was named Mobil Rom, operated under two brand names Dialog and Alo. In April 2002, after France Télécom gained a majority stake it was re-branded to comply with the group's global strategy. As of December 2012, Orange Romania has 10.3 million mobile subscribers.
Orange is in head-to-head competition with Vodafone Romania for one of the most dynamic mobile telephony markets in south eastern Europe. Currently the mobile penetration is at about 115%. Orange edged ahead of Vodafone in terms of number of subscribers in September 2004. They are the main mobile telephony operators, with Orange having a market share of almost 38% of the total market.
Orange România also controls 4% of the Moldovan operator Orange Moldova.

YOXO

In 2020 Orange Romania launches its branch YOXO Romania as a virtual mobile network.

Radio frequency summary

The following is a list of known frequencies which Orange uses in Romania:
MCCMNCFrequencyBand numberProtocol ClassNotes
22610900 MHz8GSM/GPRS/EDGE2G
22610900 MHz8UMTS/HSPA/HSPA+ 3G3G Phase-out 2025
226102100 MHz1UMTS/HSPA/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA 3G3G Phase-out 2025
226101800 MHzB3LTE 4GDownlink speeds can be up to 355.6 Mbit/s through CA_3A_7A_20A
226102600 MHzB7LTE 4GDownlink speeds can be up to 355.6 Mbit/s through CA_3A_7A_20A
22610800 MHzB20LTE 4GDownlink speeds can be up to 500Mbit/s through CA_3A_7A_20A
22610700 MHzB28LTE 4GDownlink speeds can be up to 150Mbit/s
226101500 MHzB32LTE4GLimited network development
226101800 MHzn35G NSA5G
226102600 MHzn75G NSA5G
22610800 MHzn205G NSA5G
22610700 MHzn285G NSA5G
226103500 MHzn785G NSA5G