RCS & RDS
RCS & RDS (formerly Romanian Cable System & Romanian Data System) is one of the biggest telecommunication operators in South-Eastern Europe and the largest cable and satellite television company in Romania. It offers cable television, cable internet, VOIP, 3G services and since 2004 satellite television (Digi TV).
It provides services in Romania, Serbia, Spain, Hungary, Slovakia, Italy, Czech Republic and Croatia.
The company is controlled indirectly by RCS Management. The shareholders of this company are:
Zoltán Teszári – 58.92%
Sfetozar Bugarszki – 7.23%
Nicusor Dorel Schelean – 6.98%
Mihai Patap – 5.31%
Maria Docea – 4.56%
Ioan Bendei – 4.51%
Gheorghe Maftei – 4.51%
Dorina Schelean – 3.02%
Cable Communications Systems NV – 2.47%
Traian Aurelian Sirian – 2.18%.
History
The company, which is based in Bucharest, Romania, was formed in April 2005 by the de jure merger of Romania Cable Systems (RCS) and Romania Data Systems (RDS). The companies were under the same ownership from the very beginning and operating de facto as a single unit long before that.