Press Releases
2011-01-12
1,544 Providers of Electronic Communications Networks and Services Authorised by ANCOM
To this date, ANCOM has authorised 1,544 providers of electronic communications networks and services. Of these, 1,436 providers were re-authorised in accordance with the new authorisation regime established by ANCOM in 2010, whereas 108 were new-entrants. The list of authorised...
2011-01-11
ANCOM Extends the Deadline for the Consultation on two draft decisions
ANCOM Extends the Deadline for the Consultation on the Draft Decision on the Allocation and Use of National Short Numbers for Value-added Services of General Interest and the Draft Decision on Certain Measures in the Numbering Resources and Technical Resources...
2010-12-22
The ANCOM Action Plan for 2011 was adopted
ANCOM and the representatives of the telecommunication industry agreed today on the Authority’s Action Plan for 2011, as well as on the new provisions on the Universal Service implementation in the Romanian electronic communications sector. In 2011, ANCOM will finalise...
2010-12-21
ANCOM Proposes Opening a New Sub-domain of National Short Numbers
Today, ANCOM has submitted to public consultation the draft decision on the allocation and use of national short numbers for value-added services of general interest and the draft decision on certain measures in the numbering resources and technical resources field....
2010-12-13
ANCOM Has Drafted the New Law on Electronic Communications
The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) has elaborated and submitted to public consultation the new law on electronic communications establishing the national framework in the field. The amendments need to be inserted following the review of...
2010-12-08
The Romanian electronic communications market in the first semester of 2010
The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications has published today, on its website, the half-yearly statistical data report on the Romanian electronic communications market in the first semester of 2010. According to the Report, the segments of fixed...
2010-11-18
The New Measures against Prank or Involuntary Calls to 112, Agreed with the Industry
Today, ANCOM and the representatives of the telecommunications industry agreed on the new measures meant to fight against prank and involuntary calls to 112, as well as on the new regulatory measures applicable to the wholesale markets for the services...
2010-11-09
Fewer Subscribers to Audio-visual Programme Retransmission Services
According to the preliminary data gathered by ANCOM from the providers of audio-visual programme retransmission services, the total number of subscribers to these services decreased in the first half of 2010 by almost 100,000 (to 5.73 million), with a 78.3%...
2010-11-04
ANCOM, Consultation on the 2011 Action Plan
Today, during the Regional Meeting in Craiova, which gathered more than 120 providers of electronic communications networks and services and postal service providers from the counties of Arges, Dolj, Gorj, Mehedinti, Olt, Teleorman and Valcea, the National Authority for Management...
2010-11-01
The Postal Services Market Decreased in 2009
The 2009 statistical data report on postal services – published today by ANCOM – shows that this market fell by 33% as total postal traffic is concerned, mainly because of the decline by more than 40% of the domestic traffic...
2010-10-18
New Means of Implementation of Universal Service in the Romanian Electronic Communications Sector, Submitted to Public Consultation
The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) submits to public consultation a new draft decision on the Universal Service implementation in the Romanian electronic communications sector as a result of the amendment of the National Strategy in...
2010-10-07
ANCOM Proposes Rules for the Philatelic Issuances and for the Issuance and Trading Conditions for the Postage Stamps and Postal Stationeries
Today, ANCOM has submitted for public consultation a draft decision whereby the Authority imposes a series of obligations in relation to the elaboration and content of the Philatelic Issuance Plan and establishes the issuance, printing, circulation, withdrawal and trading conditions...
2010-10-07
ANCOM Extends the Deadline for the Consultation on the Draft Decision on the Establishment of Quality Indicators for the Provision of the Internet Access Service
The deadline for the consultation on the draft decision on the establishment of quality indicators for the provision of the Internet access service and publication of the due parameters shall be extended to 3 November 2010, i.e. the initial term...
2010-09-23
Internet Providers to Publish the Quality Parameters
According to the draft decision submitted today to public consultation by ANCOM, all the providers of internet access services have the obligation to publish on their own websites, and to include in the contracts concluded with the end-users, respectively in...
2010-09-22
The Tariffs for the Services of Unbundled Access to the Local Loop, Lower from 1 November 2010
Following the publication of the ANCOM decision on identifying the relevant markets in the electronic communications sector for the services of access to infrastructure elements in the Romanian Official Journal of 16 September 2010, ANCOM has communicated to Romtelecom the...
2010-09-20
The Electronic Communications and Postal Services Markets Decreased in 2009
At the end of 2009, the electronic communications and postal services markets reached the estimated value of 4.425 billion euros, according to the information processed by the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications, based on the annual financial...
2010-09-16
ANCOM Fines RCS & RDS with RON 300,000 for Failing to Inform the Subscribers on the Introduction of the Maintenance Fee for Fixed Telephony
“ANCOM has fined RCS & RDS with RON 300,000 for not having notified its subscribers, individually, on the introduction of a maintenance fee amounting to RON 5, for the fixed telephone service, and for not having amended its framework-contract, so...
2010-09-09
ANCOM Organises a New Examination Session for the Achievement of the Radioamateur and Radio Operator Certificates
Between 21 September and 28 October 2010, the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications, by means of its territorial divisions of Bucharest, Cluj, Iasi and Timisoara, organises the ordinary examination session for the persons who wish to achieve...
2010-09-06
The amendment of the general authorisation regime of the providers of electronic communications networks or services submitted to public consultation
ANCOM submits to public consultation a draft decision on amending Decision no.338/2010 on the general authorisation regime for providing electronic communications networks and services. Following meetings with the communications industry, ANCOM found that certain amendments are necessary in order to...
2010-09-02
ANCOM Consults the Industry on the Regulation of Wholesale Markets for Services of Leased Lines-Terminating Segments
“We submit to public consultation the regulatory measures applicable to the markets for the services of leased lines-terminating segments. As compared to 2003 – when the first regulations were issued -, now two different markets have been identified, i.e. the...