RCS&RDS

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This article describes the RCS&RDS SA company based in Romania.

RCS&RDS SA
Type	Private
Founded	1993
Headquarters	Bucharest, Romania
Industry	Telecommunications
Products	Telephone, Internet, Wireless, Television
Revenue	▲ $500,000 million (2007)
Employees	5,500 (2007)
Website	www.rcs-rds.ro

RCS&RDS is one of the largest Romanian and Eastern European telecoms, offering nation wide 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^[1], the company has:

• 2,6 million customers for the satellite television service DigiTV.
• 1,2 million customers for the cable TV service RCS.
• 1 million for the landline phone system service RDSTel.
• 800,000 for the mobile phone service DIGIMobil.
• 750,000 for its broadband Internet service RDS.

[edit] Services

• RDS.Link: Residential broadband connection on cable or FTTB infrastructure.
• RDS.Net: Business broadband connection on cable or FTTB infrastructure.
• RDS.Tel: Residential or business VOIP on cable or FTTB infrastructure.
• DIGITV: Satellite television.
• RCS: Cable television.
• DIGI.mobil: 3G mobile telephony

[edit] Notes

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 infrastructures, usually in the form of "Neighbourhood Networks" (ro:Retea de cartier).

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• RCS&RDS corporate website