UPC Romania 1624440 221980659 2008-06-26T23:49:55Z Lightbot 7178666 Units/dates/other {{POV|date=December 2007}} {{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. {{Liberty Global}} {{CATV Europe}} [[Category:Liberty Global Europe]] [[Category:Internet service providers]] [[Category:Telecommunications companies of Romania]] [[Category:Companies based in Bucharest]] <references/> [[ro:UPC România]] [[en:UPC Broadband]] [[nl:UPC Nederland B.V.]] [[hu:UPC]] [[nl:UPC Belgium N.V.]] [[sv:UPC Sverige]] [[de:UPC Austria]] {{Romania-stub}}