Press Releases
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...
2012-04-10
ANCOM Fined CARGO SERV POST for Breaching the Reserved Rights of CNPR
ANCOM applied a RON 5,000 fine to S.C. CARGO SERV POST S.R.L. for having charged a tariff of RON 1 per item for the clearance, sorting, transport and delivery in Giurgiu of the items of correspondence weighing between 0 and...
2012-04-04
ANCOM Agreed with the Industry the Conditions for the Reduction of the Porting Term
During today’s meeting of the Consultative Council, ANCOM has finalised the debate on the decision amending the technical and commercial conditions related to telephone number porting. Thus, according to the new decision, the ported number will become active in the...
2012-04-04
ANCOM Extends the Deadline for the Consultation on the Documents of the Spectrum Auction to Be Held This Year
Upon the request of certain operators, the deadline for the consultation on the draft documents for the organisation of the competitive selection procedure in view of awarding the radio frequency usage rights in the 800 MHz, 900 MHz, 1800 MHz...
2012-03-29
ANCOM Published the Draft Government Decision on the Usage Fees for the Spectrum Resources to be Awarded by Auction in 2012
ANCOM published today, on its website, the draft Government Decision establishing the amount of the minimum values of the licence fees for the awarding of the radio frequency usage rights in the 790-862 MHz, 880-915 MHz/925-960 MHz, 1710-1785 MHz/1805-1880 MHz...
2012-03-29
ANCOM Hosted the Second Meeting of the CEE Regional Working Group on Spectrum Usage Harmonisation
The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) hosted on Thursday and Friday, 29-30 March 2012, in Bucharest, the work meeting of the regional working group for Central and Eastern Europe dedicated to the Mobile Communications Spectrum Harmonisation....
2012-03-15
ANCOM Organises a New Examination Session for the Achievement of the Radio Operator and Radioamateur Certificates
Between 3 April and 22 May 2012, the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM), by means of its territorial divisions of Bucharest, Cluj, Iasi and Timisoara, organises the ordinary examination session for the persons who wish to...
2012-03-14
The Contracts Concluded for the Provision of Electronic Communications Services Will be Amended
This year, ANCOM will hold an auction for the usage rights of the radio frequencies in the 800, 900, 1800 and 2600 MHz bands in view of the provision of mobile communications services (voice and data), for a period of...