Press Releases
2019-12-10
4G connections account for 55% of the mobile internet connections in Romania
Two thirds of the users surf the mobile Internet without limitations, and this shows in the steady upward trend of traffic growth. "The users’ appetite for both fixed and mobile Internet kept growing in the first half of this year....
2019-12-05
The technical conditions for the use of mobile networks in view of connection to RO-ALERT System, agreed
During its Consultative Council meeting of 3 December 2019, the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications of Romania (ANCOM) agreed with the industry on the decision setting the technical conditions relating to the use of public mobile electronic...
2019-12-04
Lower mobile termination rates in Romania, agreed by the European Commission
From 1 January 2020, mobile telephony operators on the Romanian market will charge a mobile call termination rate of maximum 0.76 eurocents/minute, down 10% from the currently in force maximum rate of 0.84 eurocents/minute. Having been consulted with the industry...
2019-12-04
Amendments to the procedure of granting frequency usage rights
ANCOM has launched for public consultation a draft decision on amending the provisions of the Decision of the President of the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications no. 353/2015 on the procedure for granting frequency usage rights, in...
2019-12-02
How to terminate or modify a telecom contract
The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) reminds the users the conditions under which they can terminate or modify their contracts concluded with the providers of electronic communications services. Contract termination on term In principle, the termination...
2019-11-28
ANCOM proposes designating CNPR as a universal service provider in the postal field
ANCOM launches for public consultation the draft decision on designating the National Company Romanian Post (CNPR) as a universal service provider in the postal field for the 1 January 2020 – 31 December 2024, in view of the provision of...
2019-11-14
ANCOM advises the users to choose carefully from the Black Friday online offers and to pay attention to the parcel delivery terms and conditions
Given that the online market is flooded on Black Friday with special offers and that the communications operators come with a wide range of telephony, internet or television promotional offers, the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications warns...
2019-11-04
Notification
The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) makes available for all interested persons the notification form in electronic form, which can also be obtained from the ANCOM headquarters and from its territorial offices. Press Reales – November...
2019-11-04
ANCOM clarifies requirements on contract provisions regarding the internet access speed and the speed measurement procedure
For clarifying how providers should specify the internet access speeds they offer and the speed measurement procedure in the contracts concluded with the users, ANCOM has prepared and published a Guidebook on the implementation of the requirements regarding the inclusion...
2019-10-31
The spectrum auction for the new technologies to take place in the first half of 2020
The ANCOM management has announced during a press conference held at the Authority’s headquarters that the auction for awarding the radio spectrum required for the implementation of the new technologies will take place in the first half of 2020. The...
2019-10-30
ANCOM proposes the frequency usage fee for certain applications required in special events
Considering the organization of the European Football Championship UEFA 2020 in Romania, ANCOM submits to public consultation, as a matter of urgency, the frequency usage fee applicable to temporary use of radio frequencies for radio microphones and in-ear monitors (IEM)....
2019-10-22
www.aisemnal.ro, the reference tool for mobile coverage in Romania
ANCOM has launched today, during its annual international conference, www.aisemnal.ro, an e-platform that presents the coverage with, and level of, mobile signal across the country, based on the measurements performed by the Authority during a monitoring campaign. The application...
2019-10-17
BEREC elects new Chair 2021 and signs Memorandum of Understanding with the International Telecommunication Union
Today BEREC Chair Jeremy Godfrey (ComReg, Ireland), together with the incoming Chair for 2020 Dan Sjöblom and Co-Chairs of the Open Internet Working Group, presented the outcomes of the 40th Board of Regulators ordinary plenary meeting. During the ordinary plenary...
2019-10-11
Lower mobile termination rates
During the Consultative Council meeting, ANCOM debated with the industry lowering the maximum mobile termination rate from 1 January 2020. “As a transitional measure towards the single EU-wide mobile voice termination rate to be implemented by the end of 2020,...
2019-10-11
Disabled persons will benefit from more attractive telecom offers
ANCOM discussed and adopted together with the industry, in a Consultative Council meeting, the decision which revises the measures ensuring the disabled persons’ access to the telephone and internet services so as to better respond to their specific needs. Given...
2019-10-07
ANCOM launches the procedure on the designation of the universal service provider in the postal field
ANCOM published on its website the intention notice on the designation of the universal service provider in the postal field for the next 5 years. Any authorised postal service provider wishing to gain this capacity is invited to submit, in...
2019-10-02
Netograf app is now available for Desktop, Android and iOS
”An informed user is a powerful user. ANCOM focuses its efforts on catalysing this transformation. From market regulations aimed at empowering the users, to imposing spectrum usage measures on operators and to setting up dedicated tools such as the portability...
2019-10-01
Electronic Communications control
The control activity consists of the following: control the compliance with the obligations imposed by the specific legislation in the field of activity of ANCOM, and by the administrative acts issued by the Authority, at a national level, gather, complete...
2019-10-01
The Romanian postal market is worth 3.2 billion lei
“The ANCOM statistical data report on postal services in 2018 shows encouraging evolutions: the revenues obtained from the provision of postal services grew by 13%, while the amount of inbound cross-border postal items reached 46.5 million, an upsurge by 32%....
2019-09-26
New regulations for the Romanian postal market
According to the Government Ordinance no. 27/2019 adopted early this month, the postal service providers authorised in Romania must submit to the regulatory authority a series of information and statistical data concerning the cross-border parcel delivery services, in accordance with...