Press Releases
2019-08-14
Avoid roaming bill shock! Check all your roaming usage conditions before going on holiday
The Romanian National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications recommends the users to check – before going on holiday – the applicable telephony and data roaming conditions, as well as the telephone settings. In border areas, the users should...
2019-08-12
ANCOM proposes lower mobile termination rates
ANCOM has launched a public consultation on the proposed maximum mobile call termination rate to be implemented from 1 January 2020. “According to the European legislation, not later than end-2020, all the operators in the single market will charge a...
2019-08-12
Radio spectrum strategies – necessity, opportunity and involvement
Welcome on the webpage dedicated to the 2011 international conference of ANCOM, event that took place in Bucharest on the 12th of May. The title of the conference, Radio spectrum strategies – necessity, opportunity, involvement, is closely related to the...
2019-07-29
ANCOM launches for public consultation the documentation for the organization of the competitive selection procedure with a view to awarding new spectrum usage rights
ANCOM has launched for public consultation the Terms of Reference, the licence fees, the draft decision for setting the the spectrum usage fee and the draft decision for organizing the competitive selection procedure for awarding the frequency spectrum avaialable in...
2019-07-25
Termination of a telecom services contract
ANCOM: Before requesting the termination of a contract with a provider of telephony, internet or television services, the users are advised to check the termination terms in that contract. Contract termination upon the user’s request First, when requesting the termination...
2019-07-12
Avoid the data roaming bill shock. Mind your operator’s warning on reaching the EUR 50 cap!
The Romanian National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) reminds the users travelling abroad that they have the right to be set a default cap for their data roaming consumption. Operators have the obligation to cut off roaming...
2019-07-03
Duration of telecom security incidents decreases significantly as their number increases
“Data reported show that if a security incident was solved, on average, in more than 8 hours in 2017, last year the operators managed to reduce the solving times up to an average of 5 hours. On the other hand,...
2019-07-02
NOKIA Conference
On Wednesday, 16 March 2011, the President of ANCOM, Mr. Cătălin Marinescu, participated in the event held by Nokia Siemens Networksin view of testing the Long Term Evolution technology in the 2.6 GHz band. The ANCOM President said during the...
2019-06-18
Electronic communications providers can apply for licences in DECT band
ANCOM informs the electronic communications networks and services providers interested in deploying and operating wireless access public electronic communications networks with DECT base stations in the 1880-1900 MHz band installed in localities within one or several counties that firm requests...
2019-06-13
Invitation to the BEREC public debriefing of the 39th BEREC Board of Regulators ordinary meetings
Together with the Co-Chairs of the Roaming and Markets & Economic Analysis Working Groups, BEREC Chair Jeremy Godfrey (ComReg, Ireland) will present the outcomes of the 39th Board of Regulators ordinary meetings. The public debriefing will take place in Brussels...
2019-06-11
Romania s candidacy for hosting the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2022 (PP-22) endorsed by ITU Council
In the 2019 Council session of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), held in Geneva from 10 to 20 June 2019, ANCOM’s President, Sorin Grindeanu, presented Romania’s candidacy for hosting the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2022 (PP-22), which was endorsed by...
2019-06-10
ANCOM warns of involuntary roaming in border areas
The Romanian National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) warns mobile internet and telephony users whose roaming service is activated that they may accidentally use roaming services when they are in border areas. Involuntary roaming occurs when the...
2019-06-07
The 5G auction conditions and procedure are now in place
ANCOM completed, during the Consultative Council, held on Friday, 7 June 2019, the Position Paper on awarding usage rights for the frequency spectrum available in the 700 MHz, 800 MHz, 1500 MHz, 2600 MHz and 3400-3800 MHz bands. ”Today, we...
2019-06-03
ANCOM Organises a New Examination Session for the Achievement of the Radio Operator and Radioamateur Certificates
Between 2 April and 12 May 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...
2019-06-03
How can I cancel a porting request
Following the complaints received by ANCOM, the Authority brings to the users’ attention the fact that only the applicant can cancel the process of porting a telephone number, by submitting a request to the provider to whose network he/she intended...
2019-05-23
Apel 112 – an App to Locate 112 Callers
The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications of Romania (ANCOM) recalls the users that calls to 112 emergency number are free of charge and can be initiated either from a landline or from a mobile phone. The Special...
2019-05-23
ANCOM:better telecom offers for persons with disabilities
The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications of Romania (ANCOM) launches for public consultation a draft decision proposing a review of the measures meant to ensure the access of the persons with disabilities to telephone and internet access...
2019-05-16
Communications Day, celebrated on 17 May, brings new data on telecom revenues that reached 16 billion lei in 2018
“The value of the Romanian telecom sector grew slightly in 2018, by 1%, amounting to 16 billion lei in terms of revenues obtained by the providers and holding 1.7% share in Romania’s GDP. During 2018, according to the statistical data...
2019-05-15
Romanians buy more TV subscriptions and talk less on the phone
“The number of TV service subscriptions keeps growing so now we have 7.64 million of such subscribers. The national traffic on the telephone networks is slightly decreasing, while the roaming traffic is growing due to the benefits of Roam like...
2019-05-14
Capped tariffs for calls and SMS from Romania to EEA countries
The tariffs for calls and SMS from Romania to numbers in any country of the European Economic Area (European Union member states, as well as Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein) will be capped at EUR 0.19/minute (VAT not included) and EUR...