Press Releases
2021-01-29
Conditions for concluding a telephony, internet or TV services contract after a sales call
ANCOM: Users can conclude a telephone, internet or television contract away from the service provider’s premises, as well. In most cases, such distance contracts are initiated by a telephone call received from the provider. In the current health crisis context,...
2021-01-20
Number portability in 2020: more than 945,000 ported numbers
945,186 telephone numbers were ported in 2020, of which 92% (873,519) mobile telephony numbers and 71,667 fixed telephony numbers. The monthly average amount of ported numbers in 2020 was lower than in the previous year, down from 79,902 in 2019...
2021-01-18
ANCOM issues Applicant's Guidebook on Approving the Conditions for Access to Underground Ducts for the Installation of Communications Networks
”Based on the experience of the projects implemented in Bucharest, Oradea, Sibiu or Timisoara, we have issued this guidebook to support public administration authorities – especially local authorities – in the efficient application of the Infrastructure Law, for the benefit...
2021-01-14
All operators have improved their mobile voice signal coverage in 2020
“A new campaign for verifying mobile voice signal coverage has been completed, and we are glad to find that the coverage with mobile telephony services at the population level is significantly higher. Despite the difficult context that marked the past...
2021-01-04
Online application
“Online application for comparing the communications offers intended for the end-users” Sector Operational Programme "Increase of Economic Competitiveness" – co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund – “Investments for your future” NULL All operators have improved their mobile voice signal...
2021-01-04
Roam like at home: higher data allowances in EU/EEA roaming, without surcharges, from 1 January 2021
Starting from 1 January 2021, following the decrease in the regulated wholesale tariff, the data volume (MB/GB) that can be consumed while roaming in the EU/SEE without incurring any surcharges has increased by almost 17% on average, for most of...
2020-12-15
European Commission gives green light to ANCOM: wholesale markets for services of broadband internet access provided at a fixed location need no regulatory intervention
The European Commission has raised no objections following the European Consultation process, therefore ANCOM has adopted its Position on reviewing the relevant markets corresponding to the services of local access provided at a fixed location and of central access provided...
2020-12-10
Internet traffic grew substantially in H1 2020, by more than 30% - updated at 22.12.2020
’’Exceptional dynamics and numerous trend shifts in the context of the health crisis have been revealed by ANCOM’s statistics regarding the communications market in the first half of this year: the highest half-yearly growth of fixed internet traffic (+33%) since...
2020-12-04
ANCOM is consulting its 2021 Action Plan
The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications of Romania (ANCOM) has published its 2021 Action Plan for public consultation. Next year’s main projects concern the transposition into the secondary legislation of the European Electronic Communications Code and the...
2020-12-03
In 2019, more than three quarters of domestic parcels were delivered within one day
”ANCOM’s statistical data report on the Romanian postal services market in 2019 shows a slight downward trend in the market, by 3% on the total traffic level, as well as on the level of the 3 billion lei total revenues....
2020-10-30
Lower fixed call termination rates, from 1 November
1 November 2020 marks the entry into force of the decrease by 30% of the maximum fixed call termination rate, as imposed by ANCOM, the new maximum rate being capped at 0.098 eurocents/minute. The Authority’s regulatory measure applies to interconnection...
2020-10-28
www.aisemnal.ro was visited 1.6 million times in the first year
The map www.aisemnal.ro is an interactive platform developed by ANCOM, displaying the mobile service coverage and signal level throughout Romania, as revealed by the Authority’s measurements. In its first year, www.aisemnal.ro was visited more than 1.6 million times. In 2020,...
2020-10-22
ANCOM launches consultation on the future use of radio frequencies in the 2300-2335 MHz sub-band
ANCOM launches a preliminary public consultation on the possibility of allocating the 2300-2335 MHz sub-band for broadband wireless electronic communications services. The industry’s answers will contribute to substantiating the Authority’s decision on the use of the radio frequencies in this...
2020-10-21
Number portability anniversary: more than 7 million numbers ported in 12 years
Since 21 October 2008, when number portability was launched, enabling the users to choose the offer that best suits their consumption needs while keeping their telephone numbers, more than 7 million telephone numbers have been ported among the networks in...
2020-10-19
Information included in the providers’ obligations of informing ANCOM - quality indicators
Provider category Object of informing obligation Term Submitting manner Temeiul legal Providers of electronic communications services Quality indicators of the service provision for: I. publicly available telephone service provided through a fixed public network of electronic communications1 a) supply time...
2020-10-19
Market for services of broadband internet access provided at a fixed location has remained competitive since 2015, therefore no regulations of corresponding wholesale markets are required
In the recent online meeting of the Consultative Council, ANCOM agreed with the electronic communications industry the draft position on reviewing the relevant markets in the electronic communications sector corresponding to the services of local access provided at a fixed...
2020-09-21
Frequently Asked Questions
If you wish to provide postal services, you need to send ANCOM the notification referred to in art.7 of Government Emergency Ordinance no.13/2013 on postal services, approved with amendments and completions by Law no.187/2013, under the terms set out by...
2020-09-21
Compensation of the net cost for the provision of universal postal service in 2018, under public consultation
ANCOM proposes the compensation of the net cost of providing services within the scope of universal service for 2018 with the amount of RON 6,285,244, following the compensation request received from the National Company “Romanian Post“ (CNPR). ANCOM’s proposal is...
2020-08-20
ANCOM sanctions CNPR for non-compliance with the minimum quality requirements
“During an inspection carried out at CNPR, we checked the company’s compliance with the quality objectives for 2019, provided in the legislation on universal postal service. Since CNPR did not meet the minimum quality requirements imposed by the regulations in...
2020-08-14
Netograf.ro: average download speed for fixed and mobile internet is growing in Romania
ANCOM’s official statistics on the quality of the fixed and mobile internet service in Romania, generated based on the tests performed through Netograf.ro, show that in 2019 Romanians benefited from average download speeds on a national level of 148.95 Mbps...