UPC Romania
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{{Infobox_Company |
company_name = UPC Romania|
company_logo = [[Image:UPC_Company_Logo.jpg]]|
company_type = Subsidiary of [[Liberty Global]]|
company_slogan = Simple for Everybody|
foundation = [[1992]] as Astral|
location = [[Bucharest]], [[Romania]]|
key_people = Jack Mikaloff [[CEO]] |
num_employees = 2,300 ([[2005]]) |
revenue = {{profit}} €66.90 million ([[2006]]) |
industry = [[Telecommunications]] |
products = [[Telephony|Fixed-line telephony]],<br />[[Internet|Internet services]], [[Cable TV]]|
homepage = [http://www.upc.ro www.upc.ro]
}}
'''UPC Romania''' is [[Romania]]'s second-largest telecommunications company, a [[cable television]] network, [[internet service provider]] and telephone operator.
UPC Romania operates on the Romanian market since 1992. In 2005, UPC Romania acquired Astral Telecom (a process that ended on October 1st 2006)
Founded in [[Cluj-Napoca]] as ''Astral Telecom S.A.'' in [[1993]], it is currently the owner largest cable network in Romania, is also one of the most important Romanian ISPs, having about 900,000 customers (2005) and generating 25% of the web traffic in Romania.
Astral was rebranded in 2003 by [[Brandient]], when it launched a new marketing image as well as the motto ''Creat să evolueze'' (''Created to evolve'' in [[Romanian language|Romanian]]).
In [[2005]], Astral Telecom S.A. was bought for $420 million by [[Liberty Global Europe|UGC Europe]] and renamed UPC-Astral. At that time, UPC-Astral had 1,28 million customers for its TV cable service, 50,000 for the broadband (cable) Internet service, and 30,000 for the phone-over-TV-cable service. [http://www.9am.ro/stiri-revista-presei/Business/21042/Duetul-cablistilor-in-pas-de-monopol] {{ro icon}}
==EPG==
Beside the basis package, it include two other additional subscriptions.
{{mainarticle|List of channels on UPC Romania Digital in Romania}}
==Internet Subscriptions==
Home Usage:
''Small'': 1Mbit/s Downstream/256kbit/s Upstream for 25 [[Romanian leu|lei]].
''Medium'': 10Mbit/s Downstream/1Mbit/s Upstream for 35 [[Romanian leu|lei]].
''Large'': 20Mbit/s Downstream/2Mbit/s Upstream for 60 [[Romanian leu|lei]].<ref>[http://www.upc.ro/internet/ UPC Romania - Internet - Internet Produse<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
UPC is maybe the only Romanian ISP that limits its bandwidth. It should be noted that this is not mentioned on their website. Full-time p2p restrictions are applied.
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[[Category:Internet service providers]]
[[Category:Telecommunications companies of Romania]]
[[Category:Companies based in Bucharest]]
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