Vodafone Romania - History

History

  • 1998: SMS services introduced
  • 1999: Xnet Internet service introduced; High Speed Circuit Switched Data (HSCSD) technology introduced; mobile phones running on Connex donated to ambulance service of Oradea (first Romanian company to do so)
  • 2000: WAP mobile Internet services launched
  • 2001: myX, Romania's first mobile portal launched; SMS services such as dating, ringtones and logos are introduced; GPRS service launched
  • 2002: GPRS prepaid introduced; first company in Europe to introduce World Wide Number (WWN) facilities; mobile banking introduced in cooperation with Banca Comerciala Romana (BCR).
  • 2003: myBanking introduced – a service in collaboration with Raiffeisen Bank, for customers to pay Connex bills and do banking automatically
  • 2003: Connex Meeting Call introduced.
  • 2005: 3G services based on W-CDMA introduced, giving way to video telephony and broadband internet via mobile phone.
  • 2005: In partnership with RIM, Connex launches the second BlackBerry service in Romania.
  • 2005: Liliana Solomon is named CEO of Connex.
  • 2005 November 1: The name of the operator is changed to Connex-Vodafone.
  • 2006 April 27: The name of the operator is changed to Vodafone Romania.

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