Alexandru Nen, Telekom: “We want to play the role of integrator in this market of smart city solutions”

“A few years ago, we started pilot projects in three cities in Romania, respectively Bucharest, Constanta and Piatra Neamt for smart city solutions. It was very important to develop our portfolio of such smart city solutions as a player on the telecom market,” Alexandru Nen, Solutions Architect, Smart City & Iot Solutions, Telekom said during Smart Transformation Forum organized by The Diplomat-Bucharest.

“We have solutions implemented in areas such as energy efficiency, intelligent lighting, electricity generation, urban mobility, waste management, digitalization of administration. A very important area for us is the integration and interoperability part. 5G technology provides an integration layer for all radio technologies that will be offered at the level of a city’s solutions. 5G will come as a glove for any type of use of radio communications for smart city solutions.

We are open to new technologies, we test them, we want to play the role of integrator in this market of smart city solutions. It is very important for the authorities to use interoperability to manage the services provided to citizens.”

Telekom Romania group recently announced key performance indicators for the second quarter of 2021, ended June 30, 2021.The company’s EBITDA after lease grew by 14.5 percent YoY, reaching 41.4 million Euro, in Q2 2021 comparing the same period last year. The revenues, amounting to 216.8 million Euro, decreased slightly compared to Q2 2020, due to the slower recovery of the Romanian economy from the negative impact of the pandemic.

Revenues from the fixed voice business represents 11.3 million Euro, in Q2 2021, slightly behind the previous quarter. Fixed broadband revenues amount to 16.7 million Euro, representing a slight decline, compared to pre-pandemic levels.

On the mobile business, the company continues the growth in subscribers. Q2 ended with 1.7 million. postpaid subscribers, representing a growth of 7.8 percent year on year in this segment, being the 5th quarter of base growth in a row.