Press Releases
2017-09-22
Manufacturers of equipment for communications networks get involved in the implementation of "Ro-Alert"
The working group for the development and implementation of Ro-Alert met again at the headquarters of the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) for a series of working sessions. Starting from this meeting, the working group includes...
2017-09-21
ANCOM is consulting further on access to the public postal network
The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications of Romania (ANCOM) submits to public consultation the methodology for identifying the points where granting access to the public postal network operated by The National Postal Company (CNPR) is feasible and...
2017-09-21
Public consultation on amateur radio for emergency situations
Today, 21 September 2017, ANCOM has launched a public consultation on amateur radio for emergency situations, aimed at collecting the views of all interested parties with respect to the necessary regulations and procedure for managing the radio spectrum required for...
2017-09-18
”Sistem Alert” de avertizare în cazuri de urgenţă
2017-09-13
ANCOM published the industry’s answers on spectrum use in run-up to 5G
ANCOM published, on its website, a summary of the answers received in the public consultation on awarding the spectrum use rights in the frequency bands 694-790 MHz, 791-796 MHz/832-837 MHz, 1452-1492 MHz, 2530-2570 MHz/2650-2690 MHz, 3410-3420 MHz/3510-3520 MHz, and 3450-3465...
2017-09-08
On 18 October in Brussels, BEREC is organising its 5th Stakeholder Forum. This year’s edition will be devoted to many new challenges regulators face in a fast – changing environment. Investment in very high capacity networks being key in this...
2017-09-07
Network locked phone? How to remove the network lock
The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications of Romania (ANCOM) makes aware the users that they can request their provider to unlock their network locked handsets, at the moment of purchase or any time after that, based on...
2017-09-05
ANCOM Warning: Look for the CE Marking on Cordless Fixed Telephone Sets!
ANCOM continues the information campaign on holding, putting into service and using DECT 6.0 cordless fixed telephones without the CE (European Conformity) marking. Equipment without the CE marking, which typically comes from outside the European Union and does not comply...
2017-09-01
ANCOM to update a series of regulations within the scope of universal postal service
The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) has launched for public consultation three draft decisions aimed at updating the secondary legislation on the provision of services within the field of universal postal service, in line with the...
2017-08-30
Users calling 09xx xxx xxx numbers incur additional charges
The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications of Romania (ANCOM) brings to the user’s attention that higher, premium rates are charged for calls to 09xx xxx xxx numbers. These numbers offers value-added content services – such as entertainment,...
2017-08-29
ANCOM management met high officials of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
At the invitation of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) management, during 28-29 August 2017, in Geneva, ANCOM’s president Adrian Dita took part in a series of meetings with the elected officials and senior management of ITU, the United Nations’ specialized...
2017-08-24
ANCOM has launched a public consultation on extending the term for building a radiocommunications pillar on a plot of land taken over from STS
The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications of Romania (ANCOM) has launched a public consultation on a draft Government decision that extends the term for building a radiocommunications pillar on a part of a real estate plot transferred,...
2017-08-08
International minutes cannot be used in roaming
The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) makes telephony users aware of the fact that calls initiated from Romania to numbers abroad, including to numbers in the European Union (EU), are different from international roaming calls. Providers...
2017-08-07
ANCOM takes further steps in implementing the law on electronic communications networks infrastructure
The National Authority for Management and Administration in Communications of Romania (ANCOM) launched, for public consultation, a draft decision regulating the format and manner of the electronic communications network providers’ sending documents and information on exercising the rights of access...
2017-08-04
Veritel.ro: Mobile internet consumption is on an upward trend
The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications of Romania (ANCOM) updated on Veritel.ro – the online application for comparing telecom offers – the consumption values configuring the profile of an occasional, average and intensive mobile telephony and mobile...
2017-07-31
Netograf.ro: average download speed for fixed internet data exceeds 100 Mbps in Romania
Statistics on the quality of the internet access service in Romania generated by Netograf.ro– ANCOM’s application for measuring the internet service quality – reveal that Romanians benefited from average actual speeds of 109 Mbps countrywide, for data download over fixed...
2017-07-27
Mobile telephony subscriptions or pre-paid cards without access to roaming services?
The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications of Romania (ANCOM) reminds mobile telephony users that operators may sell subscriptions or pre-paid cards without access to roaming services, with allowances (minutes/SMS/MB/GB) that can be consumed exclusively domestically. Those intending...
2017-07-21
ANCOM extends the public consultation on new spectrum use rights in the 5G outlook
Upon the request of industry representatives, the public consultation on the need and opportunity to organise a competitive selection procedure with a view to awarding the spectrum use rights in the new frequency bands harmonised on a European level for...
2017-07-20
ANCOM proposes reviewing the quality indicators for the internet access service
The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications launches for public consultation a draft decision reviewing the secondary legislation in force on the quality (technical and administrative) indicators for the provision of the internet access service, as well as...
2017-07-18
How to avoid surcharges when you ”Roam Like at Home”
Starting from 15 June 2017, Romanian users temporarily travelling in the EU, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein (EEA) can use the minutes, SMS and domestic data included in their tariff plans and the corresponding add-ons like at home, any additional roaming...