Press Releases
2012-06-14
Final Round of Public Consultation before Launch of Spectrum Auction
The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) has convened a meeting of the Consultative Council for the day of 22 June 2012 in order to finalise the public consultation on the documents of the spectrum auction to...
2012-06-13
Increasing Number of Fixed Telephony Subscribers at End-2011
According to the data reported by the 49 active fixed telephony providers, the number of access lines and the number of subscribers grew, whereas the traffic volume and the average call length dropped in the second half of 2011 as...
2012-06-13
Slight Decrease of Revenues on the Electronic Communications Market in 2011
According to the data reported by the operators active on the Romanian electronic communications market, the revenues obtained from the provision of electronic communications networks and services amounted to RON 14.8 billion in 2011 (approx. EUR 3.5 billion), down by...
2012-06-06
Net Neutrality – Debate Begins in Romania
On Tuesday, 5 June 2012, within the public debate themed Net neutrality and the Quest for Sustainable Internet, organised by ANCOM and ApTI, representatives of the communications companies, regulatory authorities, consumers and entities protecting the civil rights analysed the challenges...
2012-05-31
ANCOM Fined Again Total Post for Breaching the Reserved Right of CNPR
ANCOM applied a RON 50,000 fine to S.C. TOTAL POST SERVICES S.R.L., which provided – to the postal boxes of the addressees – postal services subject to clearance, sorting, transport and delivery of items of correspondence weighing between 0 and...
2012-05-29
ANCOM Signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Albanian Electronic and Postal Communications Authority
Today, 29 May 2012, the president of the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM), Mr. Catalin Marinescu, and the president of the Albanian Electronic and Postal Communications Authority (AKEP), Mr. Piro Xhixho, have signed in Bucharest a...
2012-05-24
More Mobile Phone Conversations in 2011
According to the data reported by the six mobile telephony operators activating on the Romanian market, the number of active users decreased in 2011, but both voice and SMS traffic grew instead. On average, every month between July and December...
2012-05-24
Net Neutrality – Open and Sustainable Internet
The Net Neutrality principle is subject to intense debates at European and global level. This principle, according to which the Internet access networks should treat equally and without discrimination every type of content, all sites, platforms and applications available, faces...
2012-05-23
ANCOM Enforced a New Fine for the Breach of the Reserved Rights of the Universal Service Provider in the Postal Sector
ANCOM applied a RON 20,000 fine to S.C. DID RAPID CURIER S.R.L. from Targu Mures for having provided postal services consisting of correspondence items weighing between 0-50 g to addressees residing in Alba, Arges, Caras-Severin, Cluj, Dolj, Mehedinti, Mures and...
2012-05-23
ANCOM Organized a Training Session Dedicated to the Naval Centres Preparing Candidates for Obtaining the Radio Operator’s Certificates in the Maritime Mobile and Maritime Mobile-Satellite Services
The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) held on 23 May 2012 a training session dedicated to the naval centres preparing the candidates who wish to obtain a radio operator’s certificate in the maritime mobile and maritime...
2012-05-22
Number of Digital Cable Subscribers Doubled in 2011
Today, the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) has published the Statistical data report on the services of linear audiovisual media programmes provided to end-users in 2011. The report shows a minor increase of the total number...
2012-05-17
Mobile Broadband Internet Connections, Up by Almost 40% in 2011
“Romania registered increases in the number of fixed and mobile broadband connections in 2011. We also had growths in the fixed Internet segment, mostly in terms of connections installed to residential users and connections installed in the rural area. In...
2012-05-07
ANCOM Elaborated a Draft Regulatory Strategy for Postal Services
ANCOM has submitted to public consultation a draft Regulatory Strategy for Postal Services for the 2012-2016 timeframe, identifying as streamlines the promotion of the postal service users’ interests, the ensuring of the right of access to universal service, the promotion...
2012-05-03
ANCOM, Face-to-Face with the Industry in Iasi
On Thursday, 3 May 2012, during a meeting with the electronic communications industry in Iasi, the representatives of the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) presented the new provisions of the legal framework in the field and...
2012-05-03
ANCOM a agreat cu industria Ghidul de reglementări privind desfăşurarea activităţii operatorilor mobili virtuali
The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) has agreed today with the communications industry the text of the Regulatory guide for the Mobile Network Operators (MVNO) operating on the Romanian electronic communications market. The Guide clarifies and...
2012-04-26
ANCOM Reruns the Regional Meetings with the Telecom Industry
On Thursday, 26 April 2012, during a meeting with the representatives of the electronic communications industry in Cluj, the president of the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM), Mr. Catalin Marinescu, presented the most important provisions of...
2012-04-25
ANCOM Launches a Public Consultation to Determine the Future Use of the 450 MHz Band
ANCOM has posted today, on its website, a questionnaire aimed at finding the views of all interested parties – providers of electronic communications networks and services, manufacturers and providers of communications equipment or users of these services, and holders of...
2012-04-19
ANCOM Hosted the Signing of the “Bucureşti Arrangement 2012”
Yesterday, 18 April 2012, took place in Bucharest the signing ceremony of the revised text of the “Regional Arrangement on the Radiocommunication Service for Inland Waterways”, also called the “Bucuresti Arrangement 2012”, agreed between 16 European countries with a view...
2012-04-18
ANCOM Signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Croatian Post and Electronic Communications Agency
Today, 18 April 2012, the president of the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM), Mr. Cătălin Marinescu, signed, in Bucharest, a Memorandum of Understanding with the director of the Croatian Post and Electronic Communications Agency (HAKOM), Ph....
2012-04-11
ANCOM Is Issuing Temporary Licences for the Broadcasting of the Europa League Final
In order to enable the broadcasting by TV stations from abroad of the 2011/2012 edition of the Europa League final, to take place on the National Arena Stadium in Bucharest, on 9 May 2012, ANCOM will issue temporary licences for...