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2019-01-15
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The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications of Romania Address: 2 Delea Noua Street, Bucharest 3, 030925, Romania Press Releases – January 2019 ANCOM proposes withdrawal of Telekom’s obligations in the national transit market | ANCOM proposes extending...
2019-01-15
ANCOM proposes extending CNPR’s period of designation as a universal service provider
The Romanian Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications proposes extending the period of designation of the National Company Romanian Post S.A. (CNPR) as a universal service provider until 31 December 2019. ANCOM’s proposal has been made following the request...
2018-12-27
Roam like at home – higher volume caps for surcharge-free data consumption while roaming in the EU/SEE, from 1 January 2019
Starting from 1 January 2019, following the decrease in the regulated wholesale tariff, the data volume (MB/GB) that can be consumed while roaming in the EU/SEE[1] without incurring any surcharges will increase, for most of the tariff plans. Furthermore, if...
2018-12-14
Revenues from providing Internet access services increase
"The increase in the number of connections and Internet traffic is also reflected in the operators’ revenues from the provision of these services. Despite that in the first half of 2018, compared to the second half of 2017, the total...
2018-12-12
BEREC opens public consultations on 5G and End-Users and evaluates the Net Neutrality Regulation
Today BEREC Chair Johannes Gungl presented the outcomes of the 37th Plenary Meetings to the public. This Public Debriefing by the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications was held in Brussels, Belgium. Net Neutrality The published documents included BEREC’s...
2018-12-07
ANCOM launches 2019 action plan for public consultation
The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) has launched for public consultation its Action Plan for 2019. “New challenges lie ahead of ANCOM in 2019, with the organisation of the 5G auction as a main project. Furthermore,...
2018-12-05
ANCOM: 28 GB was the monthly internet traffic per inhabitant in Romania
On average, a Romanian user consumed 26 GB over fixed internet connections and 2.3 GB over mobile internet connections. In the first half of 2018, the average monthly fixed internet traffic per inhabitant increased by 15%, while mobile internet traffic...
2018-12-03
International activities of ANCOM in the field of the radio spectrum
In view of the efficient achievement of the radio spectrum management objective in Romania, ANCOM keeps up-to-date with the global developments in this field, with the evolution of radiocommunication technologies and takes an active part in the currently ardent debates,...
2018-12-03
The decision on the maximum tariffs for access to public property has entered into force
The Decision of the President of the National Authority for Administration and Regulation in Communications no. 997/2018 on the maximum tariffs that may be levied for exercising the right of access on, above, in or under the public property was...
2018-11-29
New provisions regarding spectrum usage fees
The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) together with the representatives of the Romanian electronic communications industry have adopted some amendments to the decision on setting the spectrum usage fee. ANCOM’s decision mainly seeks to improve the...
2018-11-29
Users will be able to port their fixed telephone number from one county to another
ANCOM adopted the decision that allows for fixed telephone numbers to be used outside the geographical area in which they were allocated. Thus, the users who move from one county to another will be able to keep their fixed telephone...
2018-11-28
Almost 700 wireless telephones without CE marking detected in 2018
“In recent years, we encountered an upsurge in the cases of harmful interference from DECT 6.0 telephone sets without CE marking that jeopardize the functioning of electronic communications services, especially mobile communications ones. These DECT 6.0 telephones are set for...
2018-11-21
The 5G for Romania Strategy – launched for public consultation
“5G will unleash a real industrial revolution and an opportunity to reduce development gaps in Romania. Studies show that the implementation of 5G in the Romanian economy will generate revenues of over EUR 4.7 billion, creating more than 250 thousand...
2018-11-08
New regulations on IP interconnection for telephony services
”We have completed the national consultation on a decision that harmonises the technical requirements and tariffs of ancillary services for IP interconnection, for fixed and mobile call termination on public telephone networks. Our goal is to ensure equal opportunities for...
2018-11-07
ANCOM adopts tariffs for access to the public property of local or central public authorities
ANCOM together with the industry debated and adopted, in the Consultative Council meeting of 7 November 2018, the maximum tariffs that electronic communications network operators may be charged for exercising their right of access on, above, in, or under public...
2018-11-05
Romania, a member of the ITU Council
”Romania has obtained the largest number of votes for Region C in the elections for the Council of the International Telecommunication Union, during the Plenipotentiary Conference organised in Dubai, The United Arab Emirates. 137 of the 179 Member States in...
2018-10-31
“According to ANCOM’s Statistical Data Report on postal services in 2017, the revenues from postal services increased by 8% in 2017, amounting to RON 2.8 billion, while the total postal traffic decreased by 1%. Out of the approximately 500 thousand...
2018-10-24
Netograf.ro statistics reveal higher average data transfer speeds in 2018
“In the first half of 2018, the internet users in Romania enjoyed higher average data transfer speeds, both as regards the fixed and the mobile internet. According to statistics on the quality of fixed and mobile internet in Romania, updated...
2018-10-22
A decade of number portability: more than 5.1 million ported numbers
“For over 10 years, the users have been able to switch telephony providers while keeping their telephone numbers, which gave a boost to competition among operators. Over this decade, the amount of ported numbers has been growing steadily every year,...
2018-10-15
6th BEREC Stakeholder Forum : towards the next decade
On 17 October, in Brussels, BEREC will hold its 6th Stakeholder Forum where stakeholders from the telecoms and digital communications industries can interact with BEREC and put forward their thoughts on the draft BEREC Work Programme 2019, BEREC’s effectiveness and...