Press Releases
2012-08-13
ANCOM Adopted the Regulatory Strategy for Postal Services
ANCOM has adopted and published today on its website the Regulatory Strategy for Postal Services for the 2012-2016 timeframe, identifying as main action lines the promotion of the postal service users’ interests, the ensuring of the right of access to...
2012-08-02
More than 800,000 Ported Numbers
Since the introduction of number portability on 21 October 2008 and until now, the amount of ported numbers has exceeded 800,000. The disparity between the fixed and the mobile ported numbers remains relatively the same, 68% of the total ported...
2012-07-18
RON 100,000 Fine and Temporary Suspension of the Right to Provide Postal Services for Total Post
ANCOM applied a RON 100,000 fine to S.C. TOTAL POST SERVICES S.R.L., which provided postal services consisting of correspondence items weighing up to 50 g, charging less than RON 2/item. The company thus breached the exclusive right reserved to the...
2012-07-04
ANCOM Fined Romtelecom with RON 200,000
ANCOM applied a RON 200,000 fine to S.C. ROMTELECOM S.A. for not having fully observed the obligations under the mobile communications licence held in the 410-415/420-425 MHz frequency bands. According to the undertaken obligations, this operator was due to install...
2012-07-02
ANCOM Launches Invitation to Participate in Spectrum Auction
Today, 2 July 2012, ANCOM published the official notice on the organisation and putting to sale of the Terms of Reference for the competitive selection procedure held in view of awarding radio frequency usage rights in the 800 MHz, 900...
2012-06-29
Lower Fixed Telephony Interconnection Rates as of 1 July 2012
As a result of the regulations of the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM), the interconnection rates charged by the operators of fixed telephone networks will decrease by 18%, to 0.67 eurocents/minute, as of 1 July 2012....
2012-06-28
Topical Telecom Issues Approached with the Industry at Timisoara
On Thursday, 28 June 2012, during a meeting with the electronic communications industry in Timisoara, the representatives of the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) presented the new provisions of the legal framework in the field, highlighting...
2012-06-28
ANCOM Concludes the Series of 2012 Regional Meetings at Timisoara
On Thursday, 28 June 2012, during a meeting with the electronic communications industry in Timisoara, the representatives of the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) presented the new provisions of the legal framework in the field, highlighting...
2012-06-21
ANCOM Discusses with Operators about Novelties in the Telecom Field at Brasov
On Thursday, 21 June 2012, during a meeting with the electronic communications industry in Brasov, the representatives of the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) presented the new provisions of the legal framework in the field, highlighting...
2012-06-20
Topical Telecom Issues Debated with the Industry at Slatina
On Wednesday, 20 June 2012, during a meeting with the electronic communications industry in Slatina, the representatives of the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) presented the new provisions of the legal framework in the field, highlighting...
2012-06-19
Higher Fines for Breaching Reserved Rights of the Universal Service Provider in the Postal Sector
ANCOM applied a RON 30,000 fine to S.C. DIRECT POST SERVICES S.R.L. from Cluj Napoca, which provided postal services consisting of correspondence items weighing between 0 and 50 g, charging less than RON 2/item. The company thus breached the...
2012-06-15
ANCOM Face-to-Face with the Industry in Constanta
On Friday, 15 June 2012, during a meeting with the electronic communications industry in Constanta, the representatives of the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) presented the new provisions of the legal framework in the field,...
2012-06-14
ANCOM Meets the Electronic Communications Providers in Galati
On Thursday, 14 June 2012, during a meeting with the electronic communications industry in Galati, the representatives of the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) presented the new provisions of the legal framework in the field, highlighting...
2012-06-14
Final Round of Public Consultation before Launch of Spectrum Auction
The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) has convened a meeting of the Consultative Council for the day of 22 June 2012 in order to finalise the public consultation on the documents of the spectrum auction to...
2012-06-13
Increasing Number of Fixed Telephony Subscribers at End-2011
According to the data reported by the 49 active fixed telephony providers, the number of access lines and the number of subscribers grew, whereas the traffic volume and the average call length dropped in the second half of 2011 as...
2012-06-13
Slight Decrease of Revenues on the Electronic Communications Market in 2011
According to the data reported by the operators active on the Romanian electronic communications market, the revenues obtained from the provision of electronic communications networks and services amounted to RON 14.8 billion in 2011 (approx. EUR 3.5 billion), down by...
2012-06-06
Net Neutrality – Debate Begins in Romania
On Tuesday, 5 June 2012, within the public debate themed Net neutrality and the Quest for Sustainable Internet, organised by ANCOM and ApTI, representatives of the communications companies, regulatory authorities, consumers and entities protecting the civil rights analysed the challenges...
2012-05-31
ANCOM Fined Again Total Post for Breaching the Reserved Right of CNPR
ANCOM applied a RON 50,000 fine to S.C. TOTAL POST SERVICES S.R.L., which provided – to the postal boxes of the addressees – postal services subject to clearance, sorting, transport and delivery of items of correspondence weighing between 0 and...
2012-05-29
ANCOM Signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Albanian Electronic and Postal Communications Authority
Today, 29 May 2012, the president of the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM), Mr. Catalin Marinescu, and the president of the Albanian Electronic and Postal Communications Authority (AKEP), Mr. Piro Xhixho, have signed in Bucharest a...
2012-05-24
More Mobile Phone Conversations in 2011
According to the data reported by the six mobile telephony operators activating on the Romanian market, the number of active users decreased in 2011, but both voice and SMS traffic grew instead. On average, every month between July and December...