Press Releases
2018-11-21
The 5G for Romania Strategy – launched for public consultation
“5G will unleash a real industrial revolution and an opportunity to reduce development gaps in Romania. Studies show that the implementation of 5G in the Romanian economy will generate revenues of over EUR 4.7 billion, creating more than 250 thousand...
2018-11-08
New regulations on IP interconnection for telephony services
”We have completed the national consultation on a decision that harmonises the technical requirements and tariffs of ancillary services for IP interconnection, for fixed and mobile call termination on public telephone networks. Our goal is to ensure equal opportunities for...
2018-11-07
ANCOM adopts tariffs for access to the public property of local or central public authorities
ANCOM together with the industry debated and adopted, in the Consultative Council meeting of 7 November 2018, the maximum tariffs that electronic communications network operators may be charged for exercising their right of access on, above, in, or under public...
2018-11-05
Romania, a member of the ITU Council
”Romania has obtained the largest number of votes for Region C in the elections for the Council of the International Telecommunication Union, during the Plenipotentiary Conference organised in Dubai, The United Arab Emirates. 137 of the 179 Member States in...
2018-10-31
“According to ANCOM’s Statistical Data Report on postal services in 2017, the revenues from postal services increased by 8% in 2017, amounting to RON 2.8 billion, while the total postal traffic decreased by 1%. Out of the approximately 500 thousand...
2018-10-24
Netograf.ro statistics reveal higher average data transfer speeds in 2018
“In the first half of 2018, the internet users in Romania enjoyed higher average data transfer speeds, both as regards the fixed and the mobile internet. According to statistics on the quality of fixed and mobile internet in Romania, updated...
2018-10-22
A decade of number portability: more than 5.1 million ported numbers
“For over 10 years, the users have been able to switch telephony providers while keeping their telephone numbers, which gave a boost to competition among operators. Over this decade, the amount of ported numbers has been growing steadily every year,...
2018-10-15
6th BEREC Stakeholder Forum : towards the next decade
On 17 October, in Brussels, BEREC will hold its 6th Stakeholder Forum where stakeholders from the telecoms and digital communications industries can interact with BEREC and put forward their thoughts on the draft BEREC Work Programme 2019, BEREC’s effectiveness and...
2018-10-12
Public consultation on the technical and economic conditions for access to Netcity infrastructure
”Besides the recently proposed tariffs, ANCOM has launched for public consultation the technical and economic conditions under which access to the Netcity infrastructure is to be achieved. This project is aimed at ensuring a level playing field and transparent conditions...
2018-10-11
Preparing for the future: BEREC consults important documents for the telecoms market
Today at the Public Debriefing in Brussels, BEREC Chair Johannes Gungl presented the outcomes of the Plenary Meeting in Portorož, Slovenia. He also invited all stakeholders to share their points of view in public consultations. BEREC Work Programme 2019 BEREC...
2018-10-05
Postal service providers will report more information on cross-border parcel delivery
Starting 2019, parcel delivery providers will have the obligation to send to ANCOM both the number of parcels handled on the territory of Romania and the number of parcels sent and received in the EU and in the EEA, as...
2018-10-04
Invitation to the BEREC public debriefing of the 36th plenary meetings
On 10 October 2018, in Brussels, BEREC will hold a public debriefing to give an overview of the outcomes of the 36th plenary meetings of 3 – 5 October in Portorož, Slovenia. BEREC Chair Johannes Gungl will present main topics...
2018-10-01
ANCOM launches consultation on the maximum tariffs for access to Netcity
”We have launched a public consultation on the model for calculating the cost of access services offered to the providers of public electronic communications networks and on the maximum tariffs for access to the Netcity physical infrastructure, resulting from this...
2018-09-21
The technical conditions and the tariffs for access to RCS&RDS’ ducts infrastructure in Oradea have entered into force
ANCOM communicated RCS&RDS the Decision setting the technical and economic conditions for the access of public electronic communications networks providers to RCS&RDS’ physical infrastructure in Oradea. ANCOM’s Decision no. 785/2018 produces legal effects on RCS&RDS starting from 20 September 2018....
2018-09-19
”Ever since the enforcement of the Roam like at home Regulation, ANCOM has permanently monitored and verified on a case-by-case basis, following the users’ complaints, the extent to which the telephony operators in the Romanian market observe the provisions of...
2018-09-11
ANCOM adopted the technical conditions and the tariffs for access to RCS&RDS’ ducts infrastructure in Oradea
In Consultative Council session, ANCOM together with the industry debated and adopted the Decision on setting the technical and economic conditions for the access of electronic communications public networks providers to RCS&RDS’ physical infrastructure in Oradea. The Decision will enter...
2018-09-07
ANCOM proposes amendments to spectrum usage fee provisions
The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications of Romania (ANCOM) has launched for public consultation a draft decision on updating the manner of setting spectrum usage fees. The draft decision is mainly aimed at improving the charging principles...
2018-09-05
ANCOM launches consultation on the licence fees for terrestrial digital audio broadcasting multiplexes
ANCOM has published for public consultation the Draft Government Decision on awarding licences for the use of radio frequencies in terrestrial digital audio broadcasting system (in Romanian), which lays down the manner of carrying out the selection procedure, the conditions...
2018-09-04
ANCOM Reviews Conditions for the Use of Frequency Bands exempted from licensing
The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) has launched public consultation on a draft decision updating the provisions of the decision on radio frequencies or frequency bands exempted from the licensing regime, in line with the legislative...
2018-09-03
Wholesale Leased Lines market has been deregulated in Romania
ANCOM’s decision that drives to the withdrawal of obligations imposed on Telekom Romania Communications S.A. in the market of leased lines – terminating segments enabling up to (including) 2Mbps received the European Commission’s endorsement and was published in the Romanian...