Press Releases
2016-09-26
25 years of modern radio spectrum management in Romania
The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications of Romania (ANCOM) looked back on the modern spectrum management activity in Romania and analysed its future perspectives, placing special emphasis on emergency communications and on investigating dynamic access to spectrum...
2016-09-15
How can one suspend his/her telephony, internet or television subscription
A contract for telephony, internet or television services may be suspended during execution, either upon the user’s request, or on the provider’s initiative, based on its provisions. The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications of Romania (ANCOM) reminds...
2016-09-07
Postal traffic keeps upward trend
According to the Statistical data report on the postal services market for the year 2015 published by ANCOM, last year’s total postal traffic continued the moderate growing trend of the recent years, exceeding 657 million items, i.e. 5% more than...
2016-09-05
ANCOM Organizes Examination Sessions for the Radio Amateur and Radio Operator Certificates in the Land Mobile Service
Between 15 September and 29 October 2016, the Romanian National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM), through its regional divisions of Bucharest, Cluj, Iasi and Timis, is organising examination sessions for those who wish to obtain radio amateur...
2016-08-30
BEREC publishes guidelines on net neutrality
The Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) has today published its Guidelines to National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs) on the implementation of the new net neutrality. BEREC’s mandate to produce the Guidelines stems from the Telecoms Single Market Regulation...
2016-08-25
Real-time EMF measurement results, available online
The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications of Romania (ANCOM) makes publicly available an online interactive map with measurements of the electromagnetic field generated by low- or high-frequency sources, such as radio/TV, GSM, UMTS, WiFi, WiMax stations or...
2016-08-23
How to stay safe from telephone or tablet fraud while on holiday
The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications of Romania (ANCOM) advises tablet and smartphone users travelling in the country and abroad to take additional precautions in order to prevent fraud or unauthorised access to their terminals, and to...
2016-08-16
Mobile internet fault repair time improved by over 30%
Today, The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications of Romania (ANCOM) has published the Report on the quality of the internet access service in 2015 – administrative parameters. According to this report, in 2015, mobile internet providers in...
2016-08-12
ANCOM proposes new technical conditions for identifying location of callers to emergency number 112
Today, the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications of Romania (ANCOM) has launched for public consultation a draft decision aimed at improving the quality of the caller location information sent to the Single National Emergency Call System SNUAU)....
2016-08-11
How to choose your TV subscription
When the users wish to conclude a subscription for receiving television programmes, they should ask their providers for more information before signing a contract. For example, they should find more about the minimum number of channels included in the desired...
2016-08-10
Netograf.ro: Romanians downloaded data over the fixed Internet at an actual average speed of 53.22 Mbps, in 2015
According to the official statistics on the fixed and mobile internet service quality in Romania generated by Netograf.ro – ANCOM’s application for testing the Internet service quality -, in 2015, Romanian users experienced 19.22 Mbps actual average speeds in downloading...
2016-08-04
Romania 2020: High Performance Communications Technologies, Ever More Competitive Prices
The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications of Romania (ANCOM) adopted ”ANCOM’s Strategy for digital communications up to 2020”,a document containing a diagnosis of the current status of the communications sector in Romania, as well as the future...
2016-07-27
Mobile telephony service – the most complained about to ANCOM
In the first half of 2016, the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications of Romania (ANCOM) received and settled more than 1,310 complaints from the communications users in Romania, 42% more compared to the first half of last...
2016-07-26
New law on telecommunications infrastructure enters into force
Law no. 159/2016 on the regime of physical infrastructure of electronic communications networks, published in the Romanian Official Journal no. 559/25.07.2016 and entering into force on 28 July 2016, clarifies and establishes new rules based on which the providers of...
2016-07-25
ANCOM fines mobile telephony operators for failure to fulfil coverage obligations
“The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications of Romania applied fines amounting to a total of RON 900,000 to Orange, Vodafone and Telekom for failure to meet the coverage obligations provided in the licences for the use of...
2016-07-21
Proposals for simpler Amateur Radio rules
On July 21st 2016, the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications of Romania (ANCOM) has launched for public consultation the draft decision on regulating the Amateur Radio service in Romania. The draft decision lays down and clarifies the...
2016-07-20
More than 2,100 control actions in the electronic communications and postal services markets in the first half of 2016
In the first half of 2016, the Romanian National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) conducted 2,140 control actions in the electronic communications and postal services markets in order to verify the providers’ compliance with their legal obligations....
2016-07-18
How and where can one complain about telephony, internet and television services
Those who encounter problems in using a communications service, be it telephony, internet or television, should go to the respective service provider in the first instance. The users are advised to request the providers an entry number for the complaint,...
2016-07-13
ANCOM sanctions 200 operators for failure to send or for sending incomplete statistical data
“ANCOM applied 201 sanctions to the electronic communications providers that had not complied thoroughly with their obligation to send statistical data for 2015. These providers can fulfil their obligation within 30 days from the communication date, otherwise the communicated fines...
2016-07-12
More than 440,000 numbers ported in the first half of 2016
Between the launch of number portability and the end of H1 2016, 3,057,298 telephone numbers switched operators while keeping their user, 440,748 numbers being ported in the first half of this year. In the first six months of 2016, the...