Press Releases
2020-06-30
The Commission adopts Implementing Regulation to pave the way for high capacity 5G network infrastructure
The European Commission adopted the Implementing Regulation on small-area wireless access points, or small antennas, which are crucial for the timely deployment of 5G networks that are delivering high-capacity and increased coverage as well as advanced connection speeds. The Regulation...
2020-06-25
ANCOM approved the conditions and tariffs for the access to underground ducts for the installation of public electronic communications networks in Târgu Mureș
ANCOM communicated to the Mayoralty of Târgu Mureș its decision approving the technical and economic conditions for the access of the providers of public electronic communications networks to the physical infrastructure built by the municipality. The ANCOM Decision no. 554/2020...
2020-06-23
ANCOM extends the consultation term for the draft position paper on the review of the relevant markets corresponding to local fixed access and central fixed services
At the request of several industry representatives, the consultation on the ANCOM Draft Position Paper on the review of the relevant markets from the electronic communications sector corresponding to local fixed access services and central fixed access services intended for...
2020-06-17
ANCOM to evaluate the quality of CNPR's priority domestic postal items
Considering the designation of the National Company Poșta Română S.A. (CNPR) as a universal service provider in the field of postal services for the period 1 January 2020 – 31 December 2024, ANCOM launches for public consultation the conditions and...
2020-06-16
Under what conditions can the operator modify your telephone, internet or television contract?
The modification of the contract for telephone, internet or television services can be done both upon the user’s request and at the operator’s initiative. If the operator intends to unilaterally change clauses in the contract (services offered, tariffs, charging method,...
2020-06-15
Communications in Romania during the state of emergency: fixed internet and data traffic increased by 30%
During the 60-day state of emergency, the data and internet traffic increased on average by 26%, i.e. 30% on fixed networks and 5% on mobile networks, while voice traffic increased on average by 11%, compared to the 60 days preceding...
2020-06-11
Fixed broadband internet access services remain a competitive market, no regulations needed in corresponding wholesale markets
The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) has launched for public consultation its position on the review of the relevant wholesale markets, corresponding to local fixed access services and, respectively, central fixed access services, for services intended...
2020-06-05
Mobile internet services mainly affected by security incidents in 2019
The data collected from the providers and analysed by ANCOM indicate an important growth in the number of security incidents with a significant impact in 2019 compared to 2018 – by over 40% (from 556 to 794). However, the operators...
2020-05-19
ANCOM proposes lower fixed call termination rates
”We have launched for public consultation draft measures to reduce the maximum fixed call termination rate by approximately 30%, to 0.097 eurocents/minute, from 1 August 2020. We thus continue the Authority’s efforts to foster a competitive telecom market in Romania,...
2020-05-17
ANCOM statistics:; three quarters of the fixed internet connections in Romania allow speeds over 100 Mbps
“Good news from the telecom sector: by end-2019, three quarters of the 5.3 million fixed internet connections in Romania allowed very high data transfer speeds, exceeding 100 Mbps. This was alsofelt – during the state of emergency that we have...
2020-05-13
ANCOM issues temporary transmission licences for drive-in events
“During the state of emergency period, ANCOM has received several requests for supporting the organisation of drive-in events (cinema, live concerts). Therefore, we will issue licences for low-power frequency usage in the FM band, which will help ensure the soundtrack...
2020-05-11
ANCOM proposes compensating the net cost of universal postal service for 2017
On the request of the National Company Romanian Post (CNPR), ANCOM analysed the unfair burden character of the net cost incurred by CNPR in providing services within the scope of universal service in 2017. Since the two conditions provided by...
2020-05-08
Essential information you need to know about GSM boosters
In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and of the subsequent social distancing, which triggers higher levers of electronic communications services usage, 2G/3G/4G signal amplifiers – radio equipment boosting the signal received by mobile telephones – could be increasingly used....
2020-04-27
ANCOM watches over for the proper functioning of communications services
In the first quarter of 2020, ANCOM conducted 739 control actions on the market of electronic communications and of radio equipment, and on the postal services market. Following these control actions, ANCOM issued 27 notifications and applied 105 warnings and...
2020-04-23
Internet usage keeps a rising trend, under the state of emergency
The data collected by ANCOM show that, as of mid-April, the increases in internet and voice traffic tend to remain steady, with fixed internet traffic having grown by approximately 28% and mobile internet traffic by 4%. Mobile voice traffic has...
2020-04-08
Fixed internet traffic up 20.9%, mobile internet up 12%
According to the data transmitted by electronic communications service providers, in the last week of March, the total data traffic increased on average by 12% on mobile networks and by 20.9% on fixed networks, while the voice traffic increased on...
2020-03-31
ANCOM issues the mobile internet and telephony licences in the 2100 MHz band
The communications providers Orange and Vodafone have each paid the RON equivalent of EUR30 million for the extension of validity of their licences in the 2100 MHz band. Thus, ANCOM has extended the frequency usage licences held by the two...
2020-03-30
Licences for 2100 MHz band can be extended until 31 December 2031
30.03.2020 Considering the adoption of the Government Decision setting the amount of the licence fee for the extension of the frequency usage licences in the 2100 MHz band owned by Orange, Vodafone, RCS&RDS and Telekom Romania Mobile Communications, and upon...
2020-03-18
ANCOM:traffic on communications networks will grow by up to 50% during this period, telecom operators prepare for an intensive use of networks
The current context of the COVID-19 spread triggers a series of specific containment measures which have been and will further be taken in our country and which encompass an additional use of the electronic communications networks and services. Therefore, a...
2020-03-17
ANCOM will implement the Decree on the enforcement of the state of emergency in Romania
Upon the entry into force of the Decree on the enforcement of the state of emergency in Romania, which sets specific attributions on ANCOM with regard to removing or limiting the access to the fake news content on the COVID-19...