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Vodafone Romania

Logo: Vodafone Group, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

Romanian mobile phone network operator

Vodafone Romania S.A. is a Romanian telecommunications operator owned by Vodafone Group Plc. It launched in April 1997 as the first GSM network in Romania. Before acquisition by Vodafone Group Plc, it was known as Connex, after which it was rebranded Connex-Vodafone and in April 2006, the Connex name was dropped, the operator being simply known as Vodafone Romania, aligning itself with the global Vodafone brand.2 It employed 3,023 people in 2025.1 Its revenue was €818 million in 2018.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1997Founded1
  • Industrymobile phone industry, telecommunications industry1
  • HeadquartersBucharest1
  • Websitewww.vodafone.ro
  • Legal formjoint-stock company1
  • LEI213800SQ3KG6W63NNH133
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressSTR. BARBU VACARESCU 201, ET.8, SECT 2, 040205 Bucharest, Romania3
  • Registered withNational Trade Register Office, J40/9852/19963

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Photo: O mores at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons6

Vodafone Romania S.A. is a Romanian telecommunications operator owned by Vodafone Group Plc. It launched in April 1997 as the first GSM network in Romania.2

Corporate structure

Vodafone Romania is part of a group headed by Vodafone. 126 entities, 31 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

1998: SMS services introduced

1999: Xnet Internet service introduced; High Speed Circuit Switched Data (HSCSD) technology introduced; mobile phones running on Connex donated to ambulance service of Oradea (first Romanian company to do so)

2000: WAP mobile Internet services launched

2001: myX, Romania's first mobile portal launched; SMS services such as dating, ringtones and logos are introduced; GPRS service launched

2002: GPRS prepaid introduced; first company in Europe to introduce World Wide Number (WWN) facilities; mobile banking introduced in cooperation with Banca Comerciala Romana (BCR).

2003: myBanking introduced – a service in collaboration with Raiffeisen Bank, for customers to pay Connex bills and do banking automatically

2003: Connex Meeting Call introduced.

2005: 3G services based on W-CDMA introduced, giving way to video telephony and broadband internet via mobile phone.

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2005: In partnership with RIM, Connex launches the second BlackBerry service in Romania.

2005: Liliana Solomon is named CEO of Connex.

1 November 2005: The name of the operator is changed to Connex-Vodafone.

27 April 2006: The name of the operator is changed to Vodafone Romania.

2018: Vodafone acquires Liberty Global's Romanian operations, UPC Romania.

Radio frequency summary

The following is a list of known frequencies which Vodafone employs in Romania:

From Wikipedia’s article on Vodafone Romania, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Products and brands

Vodafone Romania (and Connex before it) used numerous others brands. They include:

Xnet – an internet service provider, offering free unlimited dial-up for Connex mobile phone subscribers between 2000 and 2003. The brand is no longer used.

myX – Romania's first mobile portal. Also used by the company for a short-lived venture in the fashion industry. The portal has been relabeled as Vodafone Live.

myBanking – Mobile Banking service

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myDomain – domain name service

homemade.ro – video sharing website

From Wikipedia’s article on Vodafone Romania, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

From Wikidata.1

Employees over time

Vodafone Romania employees by year13.0K in 2025+29% since 2018
01.0K2.0K3.0K4.0K2018: 2.3K2.3K20182020: 3.9K3.9K2020+67%2022: 3.0K3.0K2022−24%2024: 3.1K3.1K2024+4%2025: 3.0K3.0K2025−2%
  • 20253,0231
  • 20243,0781
  • 20222,9701
  • 20203,9061
  • 20182,3401

Revenue over time

As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.

Revenue

  • 2018818.0M EUR1

Net income

  • 201838.1M EUR1

Timeline

  1. Jul 9, 2026Parent Directly consolidated by Vodafone3
  2. 1997Founded Founded1

Sources

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