Press Releases
2015-09-02
ANCOM Established the Details of the Auction for the 3.4 - 3.8 GHz Band
The Romanian National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) agreed, in the Consultative Council, both the organisation details and the Terms of Reference for the competitive selection procedure with a view to awarding licences for the use of...
2015-09-02
ANCOM Organises Examination Sessions for the Certificates of Radio Amateur and of Radio Operator in the Land Mobile Service
Between 21 April and 28 May 2015, the Romanian National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM), by means of its regional divisions in Bucharest, Cluj, Iasi and Timis, is organising the ordinary examination sessions for the persons who...
2015-08-27
ANCOM Extends the Deadline of the Consultation on the Documentation for the 3.4 – 3.8 GHz Auction
Upon an operator’s request, the consultation on the draft Documentation regarding the organisation of the selection procedure for granting the usage rights for the radio frequencies in the 3410-3800 MHz band will be extended – from 4 June 2015 –...
2015-08-26
New information obligations with respect to Premium Rate SMS and MMS
27 August 2015 is the date of entry into force of new obligations imposed by the Romanian National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) as regards the end-users’ information on the tariffs for SMS/MMS to numbers enabling the...
2015-08-20
Telephony, internet or television contracts – read what you are signing
The Romanian National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) imposed additional obligations on the electronic communications (telephony, internet, television) providers, regarding the users’ information on the Framework-agreement. This agreement must be posted on the providers’ websites, with a...
2015-08-13
ANCOM proposes to eliminate obligations of the operator with significant market power in the market for access to infrastructure elements
Yesterday, the Romanian National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) launched the public consultation on a draft decision regarding the identification, analysis and regulation of the relevant market for the services of access to infrastructure elements. Based on...
2015-08-13
Numbering and portability legislation has been amended
The Romanian National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) has decided on amending several normative acts that regulate the domain of numbering, technical resources and portability. The measures are aimed at facilitating the porting process, respectively at creating...
2015-08-12
Facturile detaliate – un mod eficient de a controla consumul de comunicatii
Subscribers to telephony, internet or television services have the right to request itemised bills. Itemised bills must be issued, upon request, irrespective of whether the user is a natural or legal person, a subscriber or a prepaid card user. Usually,...
2015-08-06
Cum să ții sub control costurile pentru internet în roaming
The Romanian National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) draws again the Romanian mobile internet users’ attention on the fact that they can choose a special tariff plan when travelling abroad on holiday or they can set...
2015-07-28
Things You Need to Know About TV Subscription
The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications of Romania (ANCOM) imposed on the providers new obligations of informing the users as regards the subscriptions to TV programme retransmission services. Before signing the contract, the operators have the obligation...
2015-07-23
Submitting a complaint to your telephony, internet or television operator
When a user encounters problems with a communications service, his/her complaint should be addressed, at first, to the provider of the respective service. Telephony, internet or television service providers have the obligation to post, on their websites, the complaint handling...
2015-07-23
Public consultation on licence-free bands
The Romanian National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) launched for public consultation a draft decision identifying several frequency bands that could be used ”freely” – without a prior licence issuance procedure –, in which a series of...
2015-07-21
ANCOM Proposes Amendments to the Radio Spectrum Usage Tariffs
The Romanian National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) has launched for public consultation a draft decision on amending the annual spectrum usage tariff for certain radiocommunications networks and stations. The most important amendment envisages the spectrum tariff...
2015-07-16
Watch out for roaming in border localities
The Romanian National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) is warning the users whose roaming service is activated while they are close to the border, although in the country, that their telephone may automatically connect to a network...
2015-07-08
Vitezele medii reale de internet fix și mobil ale operatorilor din România, disponibile pe Netograf.ro
The Romanian National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) published, on Netograf.ro, the official statistics on the quality of the fixed and mobile internet service in Romania for Q2 2015, based on the users’ tests and on the...
2015-07-08
Licence Fees for the 3.4-3.8 GHz Band, under Public Consultation
The Romanian National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) launches today, for public consultation, the draft Government decision establishing the minimum licence fee and the payment conditions for the 3410-3800 MHz band. The decision proposes a minimum amount...
2015-07-02
Find the cheapest telephony and internet offers in Romania
Those interested in buying telephony, internet or such service bundles can currently choose from more than 350,000 offers of the Romanian users. In order to help telecom users choose the offer that best suits their consumption needs, the Romanian National...
2015-06-30
EU Roaming Costs, This Summer
Those of us who travel in the European Union this summer using mobile telephony and internet services in roaming based on a basic tariff plan (Eurotariff) will pay maximum 0.19 euro/minute (without VAT) for an outgoing call, 0.05 euro/minute (without...
2015-06-25
Telecom operators need to make their offers more transparent
According to the data available onveritel.ro, the telecom offer comparison tool developed by ANCOM, in Romania, the persons interested in purchasing telephony and Internet services, or packages including such services, have to choose from among 300,000 offers made available by...
2015-06-16
ANCOM consults the industry on the future use of the 410 MHz and 450 MHz bands
Today, the Romanian National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) has published a questionnaire on the future use of the 411-415 MHz/421-425 MHz (the 410 MHz band) and 453-457.5 MHz/463-467.5 MHz (the 450 MHz band) frequency bands in...