Press Releases
2015-03-19
International vs. Roaming Calls
The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) reminds the telephony users that calls to international destinations and outbound (or incoming) roaming calls have different costs and require different dialling formats. With a view to facilitating the users’...
2015-03-18
ANCOM Launches New Digital Terrestrial Television Auction
Today, 18 March 2015, the Romanian Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) launches a new auction for awarding the two national, 31 regional and 19 local DTT multiplexes unawarded in the previous selection procedures. In order to take...
2015-03-17
ANCOM Conducted More than 5,300 Control Actions in 2014
The inspectors of the Romanian National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) conducted 5,363 control actions with a view to ensuring compliance with the legal provisions in the electronic communications and postal services markets, in 2014. Following these,...
2015-03-05
Propuneri de modificare a procedurii de autorizare a furnizării serviciilor de programe audiovizuale
The Romanian National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) launched today, for public consultation, a draft decision for amending the procedure of authorisation of the audio-visual programme service provision. Thus, the Authority aims at clarifying the conditions for...
2015-02-25
ANCOM Consults The Strategy for The Use of The 3.4 – 3.8 GHz Band
The Romanian Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) launched for consultation the Strategy Document on the implementation and development of broadband communications systems at national level in the 3400-3800 MHz frequency band, for the period 2015-2025, establishing the...
2015-02-25
ANCOM Imposes Telecom Operators to Create Service Packages for the Disabled
The Romanian Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) adopted the decision providing a set of measures meant to ensure the access of disabled people to telephony and internet access services tailored according to their specific needs and in...
2015-02-19
More Information for the Electronic Communications Users in Romania
The Romanian Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) finalised the new decision on the operators’ obligations of informing the end-users in today’s Consultative Council. In order to increase the transparency of the offers launched by the providers of...
2015-02-17
Consumption Profiles of Romanian Telephony and Internet Users, Updated on Veritel.ro
The Romanian Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) updated on Veritel.ro – the online application for comparing the telecom offers – the values configuring the profile of the occasional, average and intensive user of mobile telephony and mobile...
2015-02-12
Auction for Regional Digital Television Multiplexes, Completed
The auction commission within ANCOM announces that the auction for awarding regional digital television multiplexes in Romania has been completed. Following the allocation round, the allotted multiplexes and the amounts the bidders will pay for them have been established. The...
2015-02-12
More than Half a Million Ported Numbers in 2014
Last year, 564,648 numbers were ported in Romania, standing for one third of the total 1,772,073 of numbers ported between the service launch and the end of 2014. Out of the 564,648 ported numbers, 479,938 are mobile and 84,710 are...
2015-02-10
More Complaints concerning Quality of Communications Services
In 2014, the Romanian Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) received 1,684 complaints from the communications users, by 46% more than in 2013. Almost half of these complaints concerned aspects related to the contracts concluded in writing with...
2015-01-28
ANCOM Announces the Winners of the Regional Digital Television Multiplexes
The auction commission within ANCOM has announced that it has determined the winning bidders and the number of multiplexes won following the first stage of the auction for awarding regional multiplexes. An allocation round will be organised on 11 February...
2015-01-20
All 5 Applications in the Auction for Awarding Digital Television Multiplexes Admitted to the Next Stage
The auction commission within ANCOM announces that all the five companies which submitted applications in the auction held for awarding the digital television multiplexes – 2K Telecom, Radio M Plus, Regal, Cargo Sped and Digital Video Broadcast – are qualified...
2015-01-14
5 Applications Submitted in the Auction for the Awarding of National, Regional and Local Digital Television Multiplexes
The companies 2K Telecom, Radio M Plus, Regal, Cargo Sped and Digital Video Broadcast submitted applications in the second procedure held for awarding the digital television multiplexes by which ANCOM makes available to the market 2 national multiplexes, 40 regional...
2014-12-19
ANCOM Published a Handbook for Reporting Incidents with a Significant Impact on the Provision of Electronic Communications Networks and Services
The National Regulatory Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications of Romania (ANCOM) published today, in Romanian, on its website, the Handbook for reporting incidents with a significant impact on the provision of electronic communications networks and services. The main...
2014-12-11
ANCOM 2015 Action Plan, Agreed with the Telecom Industry
In its Consultative Council meeting with the representatives of the Romanian industry of electronic communications and postal services, the Romanian Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) discussed about its 2015 Action Plan, as well as about the decision...
2014-12-09
6.6 Million Subscribers to Audio-Visual Programme Retransmission Services in Romania, at Mid-2014
On 30 June 2014, the total number of subscribers to commercial services of audio-visual programme retransmission increased by 5.4%, up to 6.6 million, compared to 6.3 million on 30 June 2013. At the household level, the penetration rate reached 89%,...
2014-12-08
More Mobile, Fewer Fixed Telephony Subscribers
According to the statistical data reported, as of 30 June 2014, the number of subscribers to fixed telephony services dropped by 0.8%, to 4 million, while the number of mobile telephony subscribers increased by 1.3%, compared to the same period...
2014-12-04
ANCOM Issued the Opinion of Conformance for the Electronic Communications Providers’ Access to the Underground Infrastructure in the Old Town of Timișoara Municipality
The Romanian National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) issued and communicated to the Timișoara City Hall the Opinion of Conformance on the technical and economic terms for the electronic communications providers’ access to the communications infrastructure deployed...
2014-12-04
Over 2 Million Additional High Speed Mobile Internet Connections in One Year
The Romanian Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) published the statistical data for the fixed and mobile internet access services in the first half of 2014. According to the Report, the mobile internet growth rate continues to exceed...