Astral Telecom
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| Astral Telecom S.A. | |
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| Type | Public company |
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| Founded | 1993 |
| Headquarters | Cluj-Napoca, Romania |
| Key people | Richard Anderssen CEO |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Products | Fixed-line telephony, Internet services, Cable TV |
| Revenue |  $63.07 million (2004) |
| Employees | 2,300 (2005) |
| Website | http://www.astral.ro |
Astral Telecom S.A. is a Romanian telecommunications company, a cable television network, internet service provider and telephone operator.
Founded in Cluj-Napoca in 1993, it is currently the owner of the second-largest cable network in Romania, behind Romanian Cable Systems and 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 evoluze (Created to evolve in Romanian).
In 2005, Astral Telecom S.A. was bought for $420 million by UGC Europe.
