Press Releases
2009-11-17
The Directory Enquiry Service and the Directory of Subscribers - Now Available in Romania
”Starting today, a complete directory of the telephony subscribers in Romania and a directory enquiry service will be publicly available. Thus, all the interested persons will be able to perform a one-stop search for the fixed, mobile and fax numbers...
2009-11-12
ANCOM Announced the Phases of the Digital Switchover in Romania
The President of ANCOM, Catalin Marinescu, talked about the current stage of the strategy for the switchover from analogue television to digital television, as well as about the phases of this switchover during the roundtable organised by the Digital Communication...
2009-11-10
The Market of Retransmission Services Provided via DTH Platforms Keeps Growing
“In Romania, the total number of subscribers to subscription-based services of audio-visual programme retransmission increased, in the first half of 2009, to 5.72 million, from 5.64 million at the end of 2008. Among these, 3.42 million used these services by...
2009-11-09
ANCOM Launches for Consultation the 2010 Action Plan
Today, the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) made public its proposals as regards the Authority’s Action Plan for 2010. The interested entities may submit their comments and suggestions by 9 December. “In this uncertain economic period,...
2009-10-30
ANCOM Agreed the Reviewed Regulations with the Telecom Industry
“Today we agreed with the communications industry to enforce a set of reviewed regulations in the fixed telephony segment and a new general authorisation regime for the postal service providers. The amendment of the normative acts follows both the evolution...
2009-10-21
The First Year of Portability in Romania: 157,000 Ported Numbers
”On average, more than 13,000 telephony users per month have taken advantage of the number portability in the year that has passed since it became available in Romania. I believe that even more users make use of number portability in...
2009-10-21
ANCOM Submits to Public Consultation the Draft Decision on the Amendment andCompletion of the Procedure of Collecting Tariffs for the Use of the Radio Spectrum
The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications launched for public consultation a draft decision aimed at amending and completing the Decision of the president of the Inspectorate General for Communications and Information Technology no.686/2005 approving the “Procedure of...
2009-10-20
Access to Mobile Broadband Services
The digital dividend, i.e. the radio spectrum freed as a result of the switchover to digital television, and the manner in which it would be made available to the industry were the main topics debated today during the session on...
2009-10-19
The Electronic Communications Market in the First Half of 2009
“The current economic circumstances have had some influence upon the Romanian electronic communications sector, yet the market evolves well. Overall, consumption did not drop, on the contrary, voice traffic increased significantly. The cumulated number of fixed and mobile telephony users...
2009-09-15
ANCOM Launches for Public Consultation the Regulation on the Cost Calculation Model to be Developed by the National Radiocommunications Company
ANCOM launches for public consultation the draft decision on the approval of the Regulation on the cost calculation model to be developed by the National Radiocommunications Company (SNR), based on the fully allocated cost method. In early 2009, SNR was...
2009-09-10
690 Million Postal Items in 2008
ANCOM published today the Report on the 2008 Romanian Postal Market. The statistical data, collected from the postal service providers, reveal that the 2008 postal traffic registered 687,525,363 postal items, slightly (by 2.2%) less than in 2007. Nevertheless, the revenues...
2009-09-01
ANCOM Launches for Consultation the Draft Decision on the Provision of Third Generation Communications Services in the 900 MHz and 1800 MHz Bands
Today, ANCOM launched for public consultation the draft decision on the harmonisation of the use of the 880-915 MHz, 925-960 MHz, 1710-1747.5 MHz and 1805-1842.5 MHz radio frequency bands. According to the draft, the operators holding these bands, by licence,...
2009-08-26
ANCOM Assessed the Impact of the SMS Campaign on Pranksters Abusing the Emergency Number 112
The assessment of the provisional measure of warning, by SMS, all those who unjustifiedly call the emergency number 112 revealed that the SMS campaign is not effective enough, having proved a weak and transitory impact. This provisional measure, initiated last...
2009-08-20
ANCOM Launches for Public Consultation a Series of Amendments and Completions to the General Authorisation Regime for the Postal Service Providers
ANCOM launches for public consultation a draft decision which proposes the amendment and completion of the general authorisation regime for the provision of postal services. The general authorisation regime is the legal regime that establishes the rights and obligations of...
2009-08-11
ANCOM Draws Attention on Mobile Telephones Accidentally Going into the Roaming Mode
ANCOM is on a monitoring mission at the country borders these days, in order to verify whether text messages (SMS) announce mobile telephone users on entering the roaming mode. The ANCOM specialists encountered situations when such messages were delayed, therefore...
2009-08-05
ANCOM’s Recommendations Regarding the Post-Earthquake Use of Telephone Networks
The telephone networks have a limited capacity as regards call management. Under emergency circumstances, a sudden increase of the number of calls may overburden the networks and, consequently, block them. How can you avoid blocking the telephone networks under emergency...
2009-08-04
Collaboration protocol concluded between the Competition Council and ANCOM
Today, the President of the Competition Council, Bogdan Chiritoiu, and the President of the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM), Catalin Marinescu, have signed a new collaboration protocol with a view to ensure and promote competition in...
2009-07-16
ANCOM reviews the Wholesale and Retail Markets corresponding to fixed telephony services
ANCOM submits for public consultation three draft decisions reviewing the retail markets for access and calls services provided at a fixed location and the wholesale markets for services of call origination at fixed locations and transit on the public telephone...
2009-07-09
ANCOM Decided to Extend the Prioritization System for Calls to 112
ANCOM has completed the assessment of the providers’ manner of implementing the steps for the prioritization of calls to the emergency number 112 and transmitted the Ministry of Communications and Information Society a set of recommendations in view of handling...
2009-06-30
100,000 Telephone Numbers Ported in Romania
At the beginning of this week, the 100,000th telephone number has been successfully ported in Romania. ”One hundred thousand numbers have been ported. Just as many as to show us that number portability is working and that the Romanian...