The company was awarded a 3G license in 2006

Jan 19, 2007 11:46 GMT  ·  By

After having paid before due date the first installment worth $10.5 million of the total $35 million a 3G license is worth, Zapp committed to building a 3G network that would cover most of Romania by the end of 2007.

According to Piermario Di Pietro, CEO of Telemobil (Zapp) : "The licence award marked the beginning of our 3G business in Romania. Being the first mobile operator in Romania to be launched mobile broadband services, having a great network quality and riding on our competitive edge in technical and service innovations we are fully committed to constructing the next generation network"

Over the next period of time, Zapp will invest in the development of network infrastructure and multi-media content, and in the future will provide 3G services including video, mobile broadband as well as news content such as news updates and entertainment.

The mobile operator, aiming to deliver the best integrated wireless communication services in Romania by using advanced CDMA technology, will offer all the services mentioned before at very affordable prices.

"We look forward to providing our local customers with the best quality 3G services and expect to launch towards the end of the year. The 3G service Zapp is to offer, will be the kind of broadband mobile services which we know customers have a huge appetite for. We have a very clear and detailed vision of how our 3G service will look like and we move full speed ahead towards making it available to our customers as soon as possible." added Telemobil CEO, Piermario Di Pietro.