Press Releases
2020-03-03
ANCOM has adopted the action plan for 2020
According to its action plan for 2020, organizing the auction for awarding the rights to use frequency bands meant for the implementation of new technologies, contributing to transposing the provisions of the European Electronic Communications Code into the national legislation,...
2020-03-03
New rules for reporting postal market indicators
ANCOM debated and adopted, during a Consultative Council meeting, the new set of indicators to be reported by the postal service providers. ”The decision adopted today includes all the legislative provisions on the reporting of statistical indicators applicable to postal...
2020-02-21
ANCOM proposes the conditions for drawing up and auditing separate financial statements by the National Company Romanian Post
ANCOM launches for public consultation a draft decision laying down requirements for The National Company Romanian Post (CNPR), as a universal postal service provider, on the content of the methodology for setting the separate accounts system. This draft decision also...
2020-02-11
Reproduction of website materials
Materials on this website have been created or compiled by the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications, either for informing the public on the activity, attributions and functions of our institutions, on ANCOM’s decision with significant impact on...
2020-02-11
ANCOM conducted approximately 4,000 control actions in the market of electronic communications and postal services in 2019
“In 2019, ANCOM’s activity of monitoring the frequency spectrum for mobile telephony services in Romania translated into an online map bringing together the results of all the Authority’s measurements. By this tool, available on www.aisemnal.ro, anybody can check the providers’...
2020-01-30
Brexit will not affect ”Roam like at home”: this and the other EU regulations on calls and SMS will continue to be applied in the UK, at least until end-2020
„”Brexit comes into effect, but Romanians will continue to benefit from roaming at national rates in the UK, as well as from the tariff caps applicable at European level for calls and SMS initiated/sent from Romania to UK phone numbers,...
2020-01-17
Nearly 1 million numbers ported in 2019
958,821 telephone numbers were ported in 2019. 93% (895,083) of these are mobile telephony numbers and only 63,738 are fixed telephony numbers.Last year, the monthly average of ported numbers witnessed a slight increase compared to 2018, from 77,543 to 79,902....
2020-01-09
Higher data allowance in roaming (EU/EEA) without additional fees from 1 January 2020
Starting 1 January 2020, as the wholesale regulated price has lowered, the roaming data (MB/GB) allowance in the EU/EEA[1] without additional fees grows for most tariff plans. From the same date, if the fair use limits for certain roaming services...
2020-01-07
ANCOM applies sanctions for failure to comply with mobile coverage obligations
“During a dedicated monitoring campaign, we verified mobile voice coverage in approximately 13,400 localities, i.e. in all the localities with more than 10 inhabitants, and along more than 246,000 km of national, county, city and village roads. None of the...
2019-12-23
ANCOM proposes extending the validity of licences in the 2100 MHz band
ANCOM proposes extending the validity of the four spectrum usage licences in the 2100 MHz band until 31 December 2031. Moreover, the Authority has launched for public consultation the amount of the licence fee for extending the usage rights, in...
2019-12-18
ANCOM designates CNPR as universal service provider in the postal field
Upon completing the procedure for the designation of the universal service provider, which spanned from October to December 2019, ANCOM communicated to CNPR the decision on its designation as universal service provider for the 1 January 2020 – 31 December...
2019-12-17
ANCOM launches 2020 Action Plan for public consultation
The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) has launched for public consultation its 2020 Action Plan. “2020 will be an important year for the electronic communications market in Romania, with substantial legislative changes lying ahead: the transposition...
2019-12-13
Steady total revenues from electronic communications in H1 2019
“The Romanian market remains steady at 8.1 billion lei revenues in the first half of 2019, with increases in the internet and television programme retransmission services as opposed to telephony, which continues however to hold the greatest share within the...
2019-12-10
4G connections account for 55% of the mobile internet connections in Romania
Two thirds of the users surf the mobile Internet without limitations, and this shows in the steady upward trend of traffic growth. "The users’ appetite for both fixed and mobile Internet kept growing in the first half of this year....
2019-12-05
The technical conditions for the use of mobile networks in view of connection to RO-ALERT System, agreed
During its Consultative Council meeting of 3 December 2019, the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications of Romania (ANCOM) agreed with the industry on the decision setting the technical conditions relating to the use of public mobile electronic...
2019-12-04
Lower mobile termination rates in Romania, agreed by the European Commission
From 1 January 2020, mobile telephony operators on the Romanian market will charge a mobile call termination rate of maximum 0.76 eurocents/minute, down 10% from the currently in force maximum rate of 0.84 eurocents/minute. Having been consulted with the industry...
2019-12-04
Amendments to the procedure of granting frequency usage rights
ANCOM has launched for public consultation a draft decision on amending the provisions of the Decision of the President of the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications no. 353/2015 on the procedure for granting frequency usage rights, in...
2019-12-02
How to terminate or modify a telecom contract
The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) reminds the users the conditions under which they can terminate or modify their contracts concluded with the providers of electronic communications services. Contract termination on term In principle, the termination...
2019-11-28
ANCOM proposes designating CNPR as a universal service provider in the postal field
ANCOM launches for public consultation the draft decision on designating the National Company Romanian Post (CNPR) as a universal service provider in the postal field for the 1 January 2020 – 31 December 2024, in view of the provision of...
2019-11-14
ANCOM advises the users to choose carefully from the Black Friday online offers and to pay attention to the parcel delivery terms and conditions
Given that the online market is flooded on Black Friday with special offers and that the communications operators come with a wide range of telephony, internet or television promotional offers, the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications warns...