Digi Mobil. Orange, Vodafone, Telekom, have an amazing announcement that affects all customers mobile phone operators, coming at a time of great uncertainty in Romania. Everything started from the UDMR, the president Kelemen Hunor announcing that it would be appropriate to postpone the application of the tax on greed that applies to Digi Mobil, and the rest of the operators, saying that his party did not know about what the government wants to do with GEO 114 /2018.
Digi Mobil. Following this announcement made by the UDMR, the party on which PSD-ALDE depend for a secure majority in Parliament, Prime Minister Viorica Dancila announced that GEO 114/2018 is not really that "nailed". She stated that a government must show flexibility, and that today there will be a discussion about the changes that should be applied for this emergency ordinance, so the impact on Digi Mobil, and other companies, will be reduced.
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Digi Mobil. Based on what Viorica Dancila stated, it is very possible that certain provisions of GEO 114/2018 will be extended, that is, their application will be postponed, although for now it is not known for how long. In the sights are the "tax on greed", and the tax on turnover, which is applied to Digi Mobil, and other telecom groups, so there is a chance that those price increases prepared by the other big operators will no longer take place, in the end .
A government must show flexibility and see what works and what doesn't work and we must not go on the idea that we are always right. Maybe there were elements where we should make a different decision. I can't tell you what we will extend and what we won't, but I can tell you that we will have a very detailed discussion on each aspect and what we think is not working and there are sound arguments we will try to have a solution for them.
Digi Mobil. In the same way, it is very possible that the provision that requires obtaining a minimum of 1 billion euros from the auction for 5G frequencies will also disappear in order to facilitate greater investments in Romania. If this change is cancelled, then Digi Mobil, and the rest of the companies, will have the opportunity to license the frequencies at more normal prices, the companies complaining that the price requested by the government is higher than in other European countries.
Digi Mobil. Today there will be a discussion about the changes that could be made to GEO 114/2018, so it remains to be seen what the Romanian Government will decide.
