Press Releases
2017-11-23
Mobile internet traffic doubled in the first half of 2017, year-on-year
According to ANCOM’s latest statistical data report on the Romanian electronic communications market, mobile Internet traffic doubled in the first half of this year, compared to the first half of 2016, from 71 thousand TB to 145 thousand TB. “As...
2017-11-16
How to choose the best Black Friday offers for telephony, internet or television
Telephony, internet or television providers launch a wide range of promotional offers on Black Friday, so it is important that the users should look for thorough information before choosing such an offer. The National Authority for Management and Regulation in...
2017-11-08
Sorin Grindeanu appointed President of ANCOM
On November 7, 2017, Sorin Grindeanu was appointed President of the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM), for the remaining period of the six-year mandate commenced on 11 May 2017, by Parliament Decision no. 93 of 7...
2017-11-03
ANCOM to update the format of information on the roll-out and geographical location of public electronic communications networks
On 3 November 2017, The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications of Romania (ANCOM) launched for public consultation a draft decision establishing the format and means of sending information on the roll-out and geographical location of public electronic...
2017-11-02
Public consultation for updating the list of localities in ”white areas”
ANCOM launches for public consultation a list of 4,117 localities (with 525,297 households and a total population of 1,422,865 inhabitants), in order to update the situation of the localities in Romania that are not yet covered by high speed broadband...
2017-11-01
ANCOM fines Telekom Mobile for failure or delays in porting telephone numbers
The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications of Romania (ANCOM) sanctioned Telekom Romania Mobile Communications by fine amounting to RON 200,000 for failure to port 1,232 telephone numbers and delays in porting further 4,941 telephone numbers. The porting...
2017-10-31
BEREC-RSPG joint report on facilitating mobile connectivity in ‘challenge areas’
2017.10.31 BEREC and RSPG have recently approved for public consultation a draft joint report on facilitating mobile connectivity in ‘challenge areas’ The draft report provides a comprehensive and comparative assessment of initiatives to facilitate mobile connectivity in ‘challenge areas’, where mobile...
2017-10-19
Number portability - over 4.2 million numbers ported in 9 years
Throughout the 9 years since the launch of number portability, more than 4.2 million telephone numbers have switched operators, but not their users. Among these, over 3.5 million are mobile telephony numbers and almost 700,000 – fixed telephony numbers. 9...
2017-10-18
5th BEREC Stakeholder Forum:; Incentivising new models of investment and fostering innovation in a convergent market
On 18 October in Brussels BEREC will hold its 5th Stakeholder forum where stakeholders from telecoms and digital environments will gather to exchange views on topics which appear crucial for the future of these environments, in particular in a context...
2017-10-13
Physical infrastructure owned by network operators and public sector organisations, to be reported to ANCOM
The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications of Romania (ANCOM) launched for public consultation a draft decision on the conditions and modalities of making available to the Authority information on the location, route, type and actual use of...
2017-10-12
Wednesday, 11 October 2017 – Eduard Lucian Lovin and Bogdan Cristian Iana were appointed Vice Presidents of the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications of Romania (ANCOM), by the Romanian Parliament Decision no. 79, published in the Romanian...
2017-10-11
BEREC moves forward on future monitoring of mobile and net neutrality issues and publishes a statement on NRAs competencies
During the last plenary meetings, BEREC decided to launch several public consultations on: a report analysing the impact of content and devices on the telecoms market, a preliminary report on monitoring of mobile coverage in view of a Common position...
2017-10-09
ANCOM adopted decisions regulating fixed and mobile call termination markets
In the Consultative Council of 9 October 2017, ANCOM – together with the industry – debated and adopted a set of measures on identifying, analysing and regulating the markets for the services of call termination provided at fixed locations, respectively...
2017-10-06
ANCOM proposes withdrawing Radiocom's obligations on the market for analogue terrestrial broadcasting services
The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications of Romania (ANCOM) has launched for public consultation a draft decision on the identification of relevant markets for the services of analogue terrestrial broadcasting of public television and radio programme services....
2017-10-04
15 years of independent regulation of the Romanian communications market
The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications of Romania (ANCOM) organized a new edition of its international conference entitled “Regulation 360⁰ – from word to terabyte, in 15 years” to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the country’s electronic...
2017-10-03
Invitation to the BEREC public debriefing of the 32nd plenary meetings
On 11 October 2017, in Brussels, BEREC will hold a public debriefing to present the recent BEREC work and the outcomes of the 32nd plenary meetings of 5-6 October in Bucharest, Romania. The BEREC Chair Sébastien Soriano and BEREC Incoming...
2017-10-03
Monitoring and Control
The monitoring and control activity of ANCOM is conducted for the purpose of ensuring the enforcement and observance of the provisions under the legislation and regulations imposed by the Authority in order to promote competition in the markets of electronic...
2017-10-03
New examination sessions for certificates of radio amateur and radio operator in the land mobile service
During 11-28 October 2017, the Romanian National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM), through its regional divisions of Bucharest, Cluj, Iasi and Timis, is organising examination sessions for those who wish to be certified as radio amateurs and,...
2017-09-28
ANCOM’s President discussed with the Director General of the Universal Postal Union (UPU), Bishar A. Hussein
ANCOM’s President Adrian Diță welcomed, at the Authority’s headquarters in Bucharest, Mr. Bishar Abdirahman Hussein, Director General of the Universal Postal Union (UPU), the postal sector’s primary forum for global cooperation in the United Nations (UN) system. The discussion topics...
2017-09-22
ANCOM consults the industry on third parties’ access to the number portability database
The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) has launched a public consultation on granting third parties’ access to certain information in the centralized database (CDB) used to ensure the number portability service. The CDB, administrated by ANCOM,...