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Siemens will be supplying equipment for building Romania's first W-CDMA network for the country's largest mobile network operator, Connex. Following a successful test phase, Romanian mobile operator Connex has contracted with the Siemens Communications Group to supply and install W-CDMA radio and core equipment. This will make Connex the first network operator in Romania to offer mobile broadband services. For Siemens, it marks the third W-CDMA contract from Eastern Europe. 90 % of all W-CDMA subscribers worldwide are already communicating over 3G technology from Siemens and its partner NEC.

"For more than four years, Siemens has been one of our most important partners in building our mobile networks. We want to take advantage of its experience and innovative technology to become Romania's first W-CDMA provider and strengthen our position as the operator of the leading network in the country," said Connex Vice President and CTO Vishant Vora.

"Thanks to what is now our third W-CDMA contract from Eastern Europe, we will be able to further strengthen our market position in this region and our world market leadership - together with NEC - as a supplier of 3G technology," said Christoph Caselitz, President of the Mobile Networks Division at Siemens Communications. Following Poland and Slovenia, Romania will now be the third country in Eastern Europe to see a W-CDMA network go into commercial operation.