Press Releases
2015-11-12
The Romanian Market of Fixed Broadband Internet Access Services Is Competitive, No Remedies Required
Today, the Romanian National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) has established – in Consultative Council, together with the industry representatives, and following extensive analysis – that the relevant wholesale market for services of access to infrastructure elements...
2015-10-27
End of Auction for Frequencies in the 3.4 – 3.8 GHz Band
255 MHz were assigned in the auction for the rights of use of the radio frequencies in the 3410-3600 MHz and 3600-3800 MHz bands, by 65% more than currently licensed. In these bands, the winning bidders 2K Telecom S.R.L., Orange...
2015-10-21
More than 2,300,000 Numbers Ported in Seven Years
In the 7 years since the launch of number portability, 2,327,058 telephone numbers changed operators, without changing users. 1,798,488 of these are mobile telephony numbers and 528,570 are fixed telephony numbers. Since 21 October 2008, when the service was launched...
2015-10-19
Postal Service Providers Will Send Specific Information to ANCOM by Electronic Means Only
The Romanian National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) has launched for public consultation a draft decision requesting all the postal service providers to send specific information to ANCOM, exclusively by electronic means, using an online application and...
2015-10-19
The Auction for the Frequencies in the 3.4 - 3.8 GHz Band Goes on, with Assignment Rounds
The Commission for the auction organised with a view to awarding the rights of use for the radio frequencies in the 3410-3600 MHz and 3600-3800 MHz bands announces that, following the completion of the additional round organised yesterday, the winning...
2015-10-16
Demand Does Not Exceed Offer in the Auction for Frequencies in the 3.4 – 3.8 GHz Band
Following the analysis of the initial bids submitted by the five bidders in the auction for awarding licences for the use of radio frequencies in the 3410-3600 MHz and 3600-3800 MHz bands, ANCOM’s auction commission announces that the demand does...
2015-10-15
Internet Service Speeds in Romania, in the First 3 Quarters of 2015 - Statistics Netograf.ro
The Romanian National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) has published, on Netograf.ro, the official statistics regarding the fixed and mobile internet services in Romania for quarters I-III of 2015. These were generated based on more than 120,000...
2015-10-14
Information on terminating and amending contracts, available on the providers’ websites
The providers of telephony, internet and TV services in the Romanian market have the obligation to publish, on their websites, all the information related to contract termination or to the contract amendment terms. According to ANCOM’s Decision no.158/2015 on the...
2015-10-13
ANCOM Prepares a New Auction for DTT Multiplexes
“The documentation of the auction for awarding the digital television multiplexes that are still available will be launched for consultation by the end of this year, and the auction will be initiated next year”, declared Bogdan Iana, Executive Director of...
2015-10-12
All the 5 Applicants Qualify in the Auction for the Frequencies in the 3.4 – 3.8 GHz Band
The auction commission has announced today that all the five applications received in the procedure of auction for awarding the licences for the use of radio frequencies in the 3410-3600 MHz and 3600-3800 MHz, launched by ANCOM on 7 September...
2015-10-06
5 Operators Apply for Frequencies in the 3400 - 3800 MHz Bands
Monday, 5 October, was the application deadline for the operators interested in the auction launched by ANCOM, on 7 September 2015, with a view to awarding licences for the use of radio frequencies in the 3410-3600 MHz and 3600-3800 MHz...
2015-10-01
Users' guidebooks
Press Releases 2015 October 5 Operators Apply for Frequencies in the 3400 – 3800 MHz Bands | All the 5 Applicants Qualify in the Auction for the Frequencies in the 3.4 – 3.8 GHz Band | ANCOM Prepares a New...
2015-09-30
ANCOM Launches Its 2016 Action Plan for Public Consultation
The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications of Romania (ANCOM) has published today, for public consultation, the proposals for its 2016 action plan. Thus, in order to support the development of broadband electronic communications networks in Romania, ANCOM...
2015-09-29
ANCOM Launches Public Debate on the Evolution of Romanian Electronic Communications during 2016-2020
September 29, 2015 The Romanian National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) published, for public consultation, a document presenting the Authority’s preliminary outlook on the developments in the electronic communications sector in Romania up to 2020 and on...
2015-09-28
In 2014, Twice as Many Postal Parcels Processed as in 2013
According to the Statistical data report on the 2014 postal services market published by ANCOM, 2.3 times more postal parcels were processed in Romania last year, compared to 2013, 90% of which were processed by private providers. The total postal...
2015-09-24
Both Fixed and Mobile Internet Services are Used in Most Companies in Romania
September 24, 2015 Two market surveys ordered by the Romanian National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) with the aim of identifying the consumption behaviour for fixed, respectively for mobile internet services in the companies and public institutions...
2015-09-22
One Tablet in More than a Third of the Romanian Households
September 22, 2015 In 36% of the households in Romania there is at least one tablet, with an average of 1.1 tablets/household, as shown in a survey conducted by the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM). Moreover,...
2015-09-17
Romanian Users Pay, on Average, RON 34 per Month for Their Fixed Internet Service
September 17, 2015 Romanian users pay – on average – RON 34 per month for their individually purchased fixed internet service at home, according to a market survey ordered by the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM)....
2015-09-14
77% of the Romanians use their fixed internet at home for instant messages and social networks
90% of the fixed internet users in Romania use their internet at home to search for information, read news and stay posted on various events, whereas 77% of them use it for accessing social networks, according to a market survey...
2015-09-07
ANCOM Launches Auction for the 3.4 – 3.8 GHz Band
Yesterday, 7 September 2015, ANCOM launched the competitive selection procedure for awarding the rights to use the radio frequencies in the 3410-3600 MHz and 3600-3800 MHz bands, by publishing here the official announcement on the auction organisation and putting on...