UPC Romania has generated €309 million in social benefits in the last four years.
According to Business Review, quoting a report by Oxera Consulting, this has been thanks to higher internet speeds (€196 million), high productivity (€95 million) and price competition (€18 million).
UPC Romania’s total economic impact in the four years, to the end of Q1 2017, was estimated at €320 million.
To date, UPC Romania has invested some €200 million in digital infrastructure.
The report looked at all of Liberty Global’s operations in Europe and concluded that investments in broadband in the four years to Q1 2017 generated a total of €7 billion in social benefits.