Business Review

Telecom regulator ANCOM will invest EUR 3.4 million (RON 17.9 million) of its own funds in a laboratory that will be used to check radio equipment, mobile phones and other devices that generate electro-magnetic fields, after their introduction on the market.

Otilia Haraga

Romanian company Televoice officially launched last week under its Evolio brand the Neura tablet which it is positioning as a serious competitor for the Apple iPad.

Otilia Haraga

The e-learning market has been boosted by frugal companies slashing their training budgets and seeking cheaper options than bringing a tutor to their premises. But can e-learning really be a viable alternative to traditional on-site courses? BR reviews the pros and cons.

Otilia Haraga

Adrian Ciobanu, managing partner at Reimens, the first and so far only telecom services auditing and optimization firm on the Romanian market, tells BR the most frequent causes of discontent for its clients and what changes Reimens has in mind to resolve them. 

Otilia Haraga

In the overall sales of mobile telephones, smartphones have established themselves as the most dynamic segment. One of the main reasons is that these handsets, through the features they posses, have changed customers’ expectations when it comes to communications. BR reviews the latest developments in the portfolios of telecom operators.

Otilia Haraga

Europe’s need to deal with the resources in its own back yard in a responsible way has become a pressing issue. Many are increasingly hard to find, lying outside European borders. Meanwhile, EU member states have to meet strict recycling targets. How is Romania doing? Unfortunately, not very well. BR presents the first in a series of articles to shed more light on this business of the future.

Otilia Haraga

Leaving aside the more visible announced or rumored appointments at the top, telecom companies in Romania have also renewed their middle management teams. Who are the fresh faces appointed by telecom players to management positions this past year? BR reviews past changes and outlines possible future developments in the structure of these companies.

Otilia Haraga

Blogging has been generating bucks on the local market as its top exponents get recruited by companies as brand ambassadors or even social media specialists. They are regarded as key opinion formers of the younger generation and their blogs often successfully compete with the country’s most renowned publications in terms of readership.

Corina Dumitrescu

The future of the Academia Catavencu title, one of the most long-standing and distinctive mass media voices in Romania, is still hanging in the balance, after editorial manager Doru Buscu, who won the recent auction for the paper’s ownership, announced he did not manage to raise the required EUR 1.6 million to pay for it.

Otilia Haraga

This is the third year in a row when the media market has shrunk, with ad spend falling to EUR 316 million, 9 percent below the level of 2009, according to Initiative‘s 2011 Media Fact Book. Figures also suggest that the market will continue its slump this year, dropping to EUR 306 million, while industry insiders hope for green shoots in 2012.

Corina Dumitrescu