Zapp Mobile
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Zapp Mobile is the first CDMA 450 MHz mobile phone operator in Romania
, now part of Cosmote
. Zapp has around 200,000 subscribers left, giving the CDMA network around 1% market share, and the number is declining because of migration of the customers to other GSM or UMTS networks. Zapp is currently aimed at business people and companies, especially due to its attractive billing plan, that allows easy creation of company networks through shared fees and special volume discounts, and because of fast and cheap mobile Internet access (up to 2.4 Mbit/s speed) in the absence of wireless wi-fi public networks. The coverage and quality of signal has improved consistently in the past years, at present Zapp reaching over 90% of the urban population, but is still far behind that of the competitions, that cover between 95 and 97 of the total population of the country. In 2006 Zapp got a UMTS 2100 MHz license.
Zapp Mobile is a company of Telemobil S.A. România, which was a spin-off of Telefonica Romania, the first Romanian mobile service provider (now defunct).
On 30 June 2009 Zapp Mobile was acquired by OTE
and it is in the process of integration in OTE's Romanian mobile unit Cosmote Romania
.
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
, now part of Cosmote
Cosmote România
Cosmote România is a Romanian mobile phone operator. It is the third largest mobile phone operator in the country, following Orange Romania and Vodafone Romania after surpassing Zapp Mobile...
. Zapp has around 200,000 subscribers left, giving the CDMA network around 1% market share, and the number is declining because of migration of the customers to other GSM or UMTS networks. Zapp is currently aimed at business people and companies, especially due to its attractive billing plan, that allows easy creation of company networks through shared fees and special volume discounts, and because of fast and cheap mobile Internet access (up to 2.4 Mbit/s speed) in the absence of wireless wi-fi public networks. The coverage and quality of signal has improved consistently in the past years, at present Zapp reaching over 90% of the urban population, but is still far behind that of the competitions, that cover between 95 and 97 of the total population of the country. In 2006 Zapp got a UMTS 2100 MHz license.
Zapp Mobile is a company of Telemobil S.A. România, which was a spin-off of Telefonica Romania, the first Romanian mobile service provider (now defunct).
On 30 June 2009 Zapp Mobile was acquired by OTE
OTE
Hellenic Telecommunications Organization S.A. , usually known by its Greek initials OTE, is the dominant telecommunications provider in Greece. Formerly a state-owned monopoly, OTE was part-privatized in 1998 and is now listed on the Athens and New York Stock Exchanges...
and it is in the process of integration in OTE's Romanian mobile unit Cosmote Romania
Cosmote România
Cosmote România is a Romanian mobile phone operator. It is the third largest mobile phone operator in the country, following Orange Romania and Vodafone Romania after surpassing Zapp Mobile...
.