Press Releases
2019-05-13
The unique emergency number - 112
112 is the unique number for alerting the Police, the Fire Brigade, the Ambulance, the SMURD and the Gendarmerie, reachable from fixed and mobile telephones, free of charge. Call 112 if you need emergency help from the Police, the Ambulance...
2019-05-13
ANCOM: Romania Exceeded 5 Million Fixed Internet Lines, with 2 Million Fibre-to-the-Home
“The citizens and business environment in Romania need more and better internet: we exceeded 5 million fixed internet lines, 2 million of which are fibre-to-the-home. In the mobile internet area, the 4G connections account for more than a half within...
2019-04-25
ANCOM: Infrastructure Law Must Be Enforced Consistently!
“It is very concerning that, although an effective legal tool was created with sustained efforts to support the development of the communications infrastructure, namely Law no.159/2016 regarding the regime of the physical infrastructure of electronic communications, we deal today with...
2019-04-24
A distance contract is not deemed concluded upon mere agreement by telephone
After the provider’s presening of an offer for telephony, internet or television services and the user’s accepting it during a telephone conversation, the user still has two important steps to take before a contract for electronic communications services is deemed...
2019-04-15
Tariffs for calls from Romania to EEA countries will be capped
Starting 15 May 2019, the tariffs for fixed and mobile calls to any country in the European Economic Area (European Union member states, as well as Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein) will be capped at EUR 0.19 (VAT not included) per...
2019-04-09
Romania announces its candidacy for hosting the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2022 (PP-22)
At the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum held in Geneva, from 8 to 12 April 2019, ANCOM’s President Sorin Grindeanu handed to the Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Houlin Zhao, the official letter by which...
2019-03-29
Roam like at home still applicable in the UK at least until 12 April 2019
Romanians will continue to benefit from roaming at national rates in the UK and Gibraltar at least until12 April 2019. Ongoing Brexit negotiations include setting the roaming rules after that date. ANCOM will keep the users informed on these rules....
2019-03-27
New Examination Sessions for Amateur and Radio Operator Certificates
The Romanian Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM), through its regional divisions of Bucharest, Cluj, Iasi and Timis, is organising examination sessions for the issuance of Amateur and, respectively, Radio Operator Certificates in the land mobile service, during...
2019-03-20
The electromagnetic field strength is below the limits imposed by the legislation in force
”We are permanently measuring the electromagnetic field, by means of fixed and mobile sensors, around hospitals, schools and in heavy traffic areas. All the results are within the limits provided by the law and are publicly available on the dedicated...
2019-03-12
BEREC publishes guidelines on intra-EU communications
From 15 May 2019, any retail price (excluding VAT) charged to consumers for regulated intra-EU communications shall not exceed EUR 0.19 per minute for calls and EUR 0.06 per SMS message. The new rules on retail price caps for intra-EU...
2019-03-07
Invitation to the BEREC public debriefing of the 38th BEREC Board of Regulators ordinary meetings
BEREC Chair Jeremy Godfrey (ComReg, Ireland) will present the outcomes of the 38th Board of Regulators ordinary meetings, which is the first meeting after the adoption of the European Electronic Communications Code. The public debriefing will take place in Brussels...
2019-03-04
Market analyses
ANCOM collects statistical data from the postal service providers, on a yearly basis, according to the provisions of the Decision of the President of the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications no. 388/2020 on the postal service providers’...
2019-03-04
The European Commission is launching a new call to finance hotspot Wi-Fi networks
Începând din data de 4 aprilie 2019, ora 14.00, Comisia Europeană lansează un nou apel pentru depunerea de cereri de finanțare de către administraţiile locale în vederea instalării unor puncte de acces public și gratuit la internet fără fir în...
2019-02-11
Contractual relations are still the main source of discontent for electronic communications services users
In 2018, the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) received and solved 3,611 complaints from the users of electronic communications and postal services in Romania. "According to the complaints received, the users keep being dissatisfied with the...
2019-02-07
The National Company Romanian Post, designated as universal service provider in 2019
The Romanian Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications extends the period of designation of the National Company Romanian Post S.A. (CNPR) as a universal service provider until 31 December 2019. ANCOM’s decision has been made following the request of...
2019-02-04
ANCOM conducted approximately 4,000 control actions in the market of electronic communications and postal services in 2018
”In 2018, we completed one of the most extensive monitoring campaigns ever conducted by ANCOM – the campaign for measuring national coverage for voice services. During this campaign, the Authority performed measurements in 12,786 localities, inhabited by more than 19.8...
2019-01-31
Terms and procedure for awarding 5G spectrum usage rights - launched for public consultation
ANCOM has developed and launched for public consultation the Position Paper on awarding rights of use for the spectrum resources available in the frequency bands 700 MHz, 800 MHz, 1500 MHz, 2600 MHz and 3400-3800 MHz, setting the objectives, principles,...
2019-01-21
ANCOM proposes withdrawal of Telekom’s obligations in the national transit market
ANCOM has launched for public consultation the results of the review of the wholesale market for switched transit services provided on the public telephony networks, on which Telekom Communications Romania held significant power, according to the market analysis of 2013....
2019-01-17
Contractual relations are still the main source of discontent for electronic communications services users
In 2018, the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) received and solved 3,611 complaints from the users of electronic communications and postal services in Romania. "According to the complaints received, the users keep being dissatisfied with the...
2019-01-16
The technical and economic conditions for access to the Netcity infrastructure have been agreed
“The adoption of this decision brings to completion a very complex process spanning several years in the context of the new legislation adopted in the field of electronic communications network infrastructure. I hope that, in the coming months, we will...