France Telecom is one of the largest telecom groups in the world, and the French company also owns Orange Romania, the largest mobile operator in our country. As part of a strategy that will be developed during 2014, those from Orange announced that it intends to offer customers special options for subscriptions that will allow them to use their 4G data traffic from the subscription in roaming, in several European countries where Orange has an available mobile phone network.
Orange today announces a radical new step in its commitment to deliver the best roaming experience to its customers, with the removal of roaming charges in its largest post-paid plans across its entire European footprint – the first operator to do so. The new plans, for customers traveling within Europe are launching across Orange's key European markets, including France, Spain, Poland, Belgium, Romania, Slovakia and Luxembourg and implemented throughout 2014.
Practically, Orange will be the first operator in Europe to implement such options, and the elimination of roaming costs for accessing 4G networks will be applied in France, Spain, Romania, Poland, Belgium, Slovakia and Luxembourg. Orange's offer will be dedicated mainly to customers who have subscriptions that cost at least €30 per month, and the elimination of internet roaming costs will also apply in certain countries outside Europe.
The initiative is coupled with the news that Orange will launch 4G roaming from February for customers in France traveling to the UK, Spain, Portugal and South Korea. Further to this, technical readiness to deliver 4G roaming has been achieved in a further five markets including the UK (EE), Spain, Romania, Portugal and Moldova. 4G roaming will be fully available across Orange's European footprint by the end of 2014, including major destinations outside of Europe. Additional roaming charges will be removed on a range of plans starting from €30 per month, depending on local market dynamics, allowing customers to roam within Europe (and beyond in certain markets) on Orange and all partner networks.
This year all the 3 big mobile phone operators in Romania are preparing to use the new frequencies for the 4G LTE networks, so we can expect an increase in Internet browsing speed for Orange and a massive expansion of coverage for Orange, Cosmote and Vodafone .
