​Telekom Mobile, the operator that did not participate in last year’s auction of radio frequencies for 5G services, announced on Wednesday that it is providing these services in partnership with Samsung in Bucharest and 10 other cities. 5G services are available both by card and by subscription, and to access them, users in the coverage area must have a 5G-compatible SIM card and terminal.

Telekom Mobile, the mobile operator retained by Greek group OTE following the sale of its fixed line operations to Orange, announced on Wednesday that it is offering access to 5G technology in Bucharest (including Otopeni) and in ten other cities (Brasov, including Poiana Brasov , Sibiu, Cluj-Napoca, Timisoara, Iasi, Constanta, including Mamaia, Ploiesti, Craiova, Pitesti and Oradea).

• “The operator provides access to 5G technology both by card and by subscription. All users who have a SIM card and terminal compatible with 5G and are in the coverage area of ​​5G technology will enjoy the benefits of this technology: low latency, stable connection even in crowded places and low battery consumption.
• The launch of the technology was facilitated by the support of Samsung as an implementation partner to ensure terminal compatibility,” the company said in a statement.

Most likely, Telekom Mobile launched these 5G services in the existing radio spectrum.

In the absence of Telekom Mobile’s participation in the 5G auction, Orange, Vodafone and RCS&RDS will pay the state 432.6 million euros to use the new radio frequencies, “a good result in the current macroeconomic and political context,” he said in November. 2022 Vlad Stoyka, then President of the Communications Regulatory Authority (ANCOM).

The state put up for sale radio frequency spectrum worth almost 700 million euros.

• Read more: 5G auction results: how much Orange, Vodafone and RCS&RDS will pay the state. Why would Telekom Mobile not participate

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