| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | 1993 |
| Headquarters | Bucharest, Romania |
| Products | Telephone, Internet, Wireless, Television |
| Revenue | 386.7 million euros (2008)[1] |
| Employees | 5,500 (2007) |
| Website | www.rcs-rds.ro |
RCS&RDS is the largest Romanian cable and internet provider,[1] offering nationwide satellite television, cable television, cable internet, VOIP, and 3G services. The company, which is based in Bucharest, Romania, was formed in April 2005 by the de jure merging of Romania Cable Systems (RCS) and Romania Data Systems (RDS) (the companies were under the same ownership from the very beginning and operating de facto as a single unit long before that).
As of 2007[2], the company has:
It is controlled by Zoltán Teszári, the richest IT entrepreneur in Romania.[1]
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Beside the basis package, it includes additional subscriptions.
RCS&RDS is Romania's first and largest adopter of the FTTB concept. In addition to its own, the company is aggressively acquiring smaller ventures possessing such as infrastructures, usually in the form of "Neighborhood Networks" (ro: Rețea de cartier).
RCS&RDS also operates two mobile virtual networks over Movistar in Spain and over Hutchison Whampoa's 3G network in Italy, for the Romanians living in these countries. In February 2011 RCS&RDS launched mobile internet service in Hungary under the brand of Digi Move. This service will be run over Telenor's Hungary infrastructure.
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