Orange Romania to offer LTE from 2013 to iPhone 5, iPad Mini

Orange Romania’s customers who have an Apple iPhone 5 or Apple iPad Mini tablet will be able to access the operator’s recently launched LTE network from the first months of 2013, writes local paper Ziarul Financiar citing CTO Madalina Suceveanu.
They launched LTE in this December,internet services in the cetral and northen area of Bucharest, the metropolitan area of northern Bucharest, holiday resorts in the Prahova Valley, in the Bran-Moieciu area and in Poiana Brasov. Initially, the service is available on modems and tablets.

Orange released a special LTE offer that includes unlimited traffic and connection equipment at promotional prices. Customers can choose from 4 two-year subscriptions, namely ‘Colibri 15’, ‘Colibri 25’, ‘Colibri 25 Special’ or ‘Colibri 35’ and receive unlimited traffic at LTE speeds for 6 months. When leaving an area covered by LTE, Orange customers get connected to the 3G / H + data network.

Orange Romania’s main rival Vodafone Romania launched its first LTE offer on 20 November.