Press Releases
2020-12-10
Internet traffic grew substantially in H1 2020, by more than 30% - updated at 22.12.2020
’’Exceptional dynamics and numerous trend shifts in the context of the health crisis have been revealed by ANCOM’s statistics regarding the communications market in the first half of this year: the highest half-yearly growth of fixed internet traffic (+33%) since...
2020-12-04
ANCOM is consulting its 2021 Action Plan
The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications of Romania (ANCOM) has published its 2021 Action Plan for public consultation. Next year’s main projects concern the transposition into the secondary legislation of the European Electronic Communications Code and the...
2020-12-03
In 2019, more than three quarters of domestic parcels were delivered within one day
”ANCOM’s statistical data report on the Romanian postal services market in 2019 shows a slight downward trend in the market, by 3% on the total traffic level, as well as on the level of the 3 billion lei total revenues....
2020-10-30
Lower fixed call termination rates, from 1 November
1 November 2020 marks the entry into force of the decrease by 30% of the maximum fixed call termination rate, as imposed by ANCOM, the new maximum rate being capped at 0.098 eurocents/minute. The Authority’s regulatory measure applies to interconnection...
2020-10-28
www.aisemnal.ro was visited 1.6 million times in the first year
The map www.aisemnal.ro is an interactive platform developed by ANCOM, displaying the mobile service coverage and signal level throughout Romania, as revealed by the Authority’s measurements. In its first year, www.aisemnal.ro was visited more than 1.6 million times. In 2020,...
2020-10-22
ANCOM launches consultation on the future use of radio frequencies in the 2300-2335 MHz sub-band
ANCOM launches a preliminary public consultation on the possibility of allocating the 2300-2335 MHz sub-band for broadband wireless electronic communications services. The industry’s answers will contribute to substantiating the Authority’s decision on the use of the radio frequencies in this...
2020-10-21
Number portability anniversary: more than 7 million numbers ported in 12 years
Since 21 October 2008, when number portability was launched, enabling the users to choose the offer that best suits their consumption needs while keeping their telephone numbers, more than 7 million telephone numbers have been ported among the networks in...
2020-10-19
Information included in the providers’ obligations of informing ANCOM - quality indicators
Provider category Object of informing obligation Term Submitting manner Temeiul legal Providers of electronic communications services Quality indicators of the service provision for: I. publicly available telephone service provided through a fixed public network of electronic communications1 a) supply time...
2020-10-19
Market for services of broadband internet access provided at a fixed location has remained competitive since 2015, therefore no regulations of corresponding wholesale markets are required
In the recent online meeting of the Consultative Council, ANCOM agreed with the electronic communications industry the draft position on reviewing the relevant markets in the electronic communications sector corresponding to the services of local access provided at a fixed...
2020-09-21
Frequently Asked Questions
If you wish to provide postal services, you need to send ANCOM the notification referred to in art.7 of Government Emergency Ordinance no.13/2013 on postal services, approved with amendments and completions by Law no.187/2013, under the terms set out by...
2020-09-21
Compensation of the net cost for the provision of universal postal service in 2018, under public consultation
ANCOM proposes the compensation of the net cost of providing services within the scope of universal service for 2018 with the amount of RON 6,285,244, following the compensation request received from the National Company “Romanian Post“ (CNPR). ANCOM’s proposal is...
2020-08-20
ANCOM sanctions CNPR for non-compliance with the minimum quality requirements
“During an inspection carried out at CNPR, we checked the company’s compliance with the quality objectives for 2019, provided in the legislation on universal postal service. Since CNPR did not meet the minimum quality requirements imposed by the regulations in...
2020-08-14
Netograf.ro: average download speed for fixed and mobile internet is growing in Romania
ANCOM’s official statistics on the quality of the fixed and mobile internet service in Romania, generated based on the tests performed through Netograf.ro, show that in 2019 Romanians benefited from average download speeds on a national level of 148.95 Mbps...
2020-08-04
Pay attention to your roaming conditions!
ANCOM recommends the users to check the usage conditions for their data and telephony roaming services, as well as their device settings, before going on holiday, either to the border areas of Romania or to foreign countries where no travel...
2020-07-28
Lower fixed call termination rates from 1 November 2020
ANCOM discussed, during an online meeting of the Consultative Council, the reduction of the maximum fixed call termination rate by 30%. Thus, starting from 1 November 2020, the new maximum fixed call termination rate will be 0.098 eurocents/minute. The new...
2020-07-23
ANCOM it is certified against SR EN ISO/IEC 27001: 2023
ANCOM has been certified for implementing and maintaining a Information Security Management System which fulfils the requirements of the following standard: SR EN ISO/IEC 27001:2023 (ISO/IEC 27001:2022). ANCOM's mission is to protect the interests of communications users in Romania, by...
2020-07-14
64% more complaints registered with ANCOM in H1 2020, compared to H1 2019
In the first 6 months of 2020, the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) received more than 2,400 complaints from electronic communications and postal service users in Romania. "More and more users are aware of ANCOM’s role...
2020-07-08
Over 1,700 ANCOM control actions in the telecom, postal and radio equipment markets, in H1 2020
”In the context of the atypical period we are going through, in the first half of this year, ANCOM’s monitoring and control activity focused mainly on the surveillance of the market of radio equipment and electromagnetic compatibility, since non-compliance of...
2020-07-01
New technical conditions for the transmission of calls to the emergency number 112, consulted by ANCOM
In the context in which the infrastructure of the National Unique System for Emergency Calls (SNUAU) is going through a modernization process, ANCOM submits for public consultation the technical conditions for the IP-based interconnection between SNUAU and Telekom Romania, the...
2020-06-30
Aisemnal.ro map, updated to include localities with involuntary roaming risk
“In order to make the users more aware of the areas where they might enter involuntary roaming, we introduced these localities in the aisemnal.ro map, visible as points at street level. Thus, aisemnal.ro is now offering information on both the...