High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Vodafone is Romania's second-largest mobile phone network operator[citation needed]. It launched in April 1997 as the first GSM network in Romania (although not the first mobile phone network). Until October 2005, it was known as Connex, after which it was rebranded Connex-Vodafone and in April 2006, the Connex name was dropped, the operator being simply known as Vodafone Romania, aligning itself with the global Vodafone brand. Vodafone covers 99.31% of the Romanian population, with over 9.532.530 subscribers at June 30th 2009 and 45% market share. Vodafone provides roaming agreements with 310 international operators in 143 countries.