Press Releases
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...
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...