Press Releases
2010-02-08
ANCOM and ANPC Collaborate for Protecting the Communications Services Users
The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) and the National Authority for Consumer Protection (ANPC) have signed a collaboration protocol for protecting the interests of the users of electronic communications and of postal services in Romania. The...
2010-02-01
ANCOM attended the first meeting of BEREC
Last week, ANCOM President Catalin Marinescu attended the first meeting of the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC), the body which replaces the European Regulators Group (ERG) and aims at strengthening the cooperation between the EU Member States...
2010-01-22
ANCOM Proposes to Amend and Complete the Radiocommunications Regulation for the Amateur Service in Romania
The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) launches for public consultation a draft decision which amends and completes the Radiocommunications Regulation for the amateur service in Romania. The Regulation needs to be amended mainly because of the...
2010-01-21
ANCOM consultation on draft decision for lower porting tariffs chargedbetween telephone operators
The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications launches for public consultation a draft decision aimed at lowering the maximum level of the tariffs for porting telephone numbers currently charged between the telephone operators. According to the ANCOM regulations,...
2010-01-13
Public Consultation on Transferring the 118931 Number
Today, 13 January 2010, ANCOM launches a public consultation on transferring the 118931 number, from S.C. Il Numero Italia S.R.L. to S.C. INFOCLICK – S.A. In spite of the fact that certain conditions regarding the transfer of numbering resources are...
2010-01-12
More Than 200,000 Numbers Ported
14 months after the launch of number portability in Romania, 201,104 telephone numbers have been ported. 66% (132,644) of these were mobile telephone numbers, whereas 34% (68,460) were fixed telephone numbers. In the mobile telephony field, the order of the...
2010-01-07
Telephony Providers Observe ANCOM Decision on Informing End-Users in More than 90% of the Locations Inspected
In the last quarter of 2009, the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) conducted 1,110 inspections at the working points of 28 providers of telephony services or their dealers, in order to verify compliance with the obligations...
2009-12-23
The ANCOM Action Plan for 2010 was adopted
Yesterday, 22 December 2009, the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) adopted the Action Plan for 2010, after a final consultation with the interested parties, in the Consultative Council meeting. In view of ensuring a stable and...
2009-12-10
ANCOM Proposes Amendments and Completions to the Regulations for Radio Operators in Romania
The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications has launched for public consultation a draft decision on the amendment and completion of the Regulations for Radio Operators in Romania, in order to support those interested in obtaining a radio...
2009-12-08
The Universal Service Implementation in Romania will be reviewed in 2010
Today, during a conference on Universal Service, ANCOM has announced that the first stage of the new Universal Service strategy implementation has been completed. The Universal Service is a minimum set of electronic communications services, made available, upon request, to...
2009-12-03
The Romanian Communications Market in the First Half of 2009
The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications has published today, on its website, the half-yearly statistical data report on the Romanian electronic communications market in the first half of 2009. According to the report, the segment of fixed...
2009-11-17
The Directory Enquiry Service and the Directory of Subscribers - Now Available in Romania
”Starting today, a complete directory of the telephony subscribers in Romania and a directory enquiry service will be publicly available. Thus, all the interested persons will be able to perform a one-stop search for the fixed, mobile and fax numbers...
2009-11-12
ANCOM Announced the Phases of the Digital Switchover in Romania
The President of ANCOM, Catalin Marinescu, talked about the current stage of the strategy for the switchover from analogue television to digital television, as well as about the phases of this switchover during the roundtable organised by the Digital Communication...
2009-11-10
The Market of Retransmission Services Provided via DTH Platforms Keeps Growing
“In Romania, the total number of subscribers to subscription-based services of audio-visual programme retransmission increased, in the first half of 2009, to 5.72 million, from 5.64 million at the end of 2008. Among these, 3.42 million used these services by...
2009-11-09
ANCOM Launches for Consultation the 2010 Action Plan
Today, the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) made public its proposals as regards the Authority’s Action Plan for 2010. The interested entities may submit their comments and suggestions by 9 December. “In this uncertain economic period,...
2009-10-30
ANCOM Agreed the Reviewed Regulations with the Telecom Industry
“Today we agreed with the communications industry to enforce a set of reviewed regulations in the fixed telephony segment and a new general authorisation regime for the postal service providers. The amendment of the normative acts follows both the evolution...
2009-10-21
The First Year of Portability in Romania: 157,000 Ported Numbers
”On average, more than 13,000 telephony users per month have taken advantage of the number portability in the year that has passed since it became available in Romania. I believe that even more users make use of number portability in...
2009-10-21
ANCOM Submits to Public Consultation the Draft Decision on the Amendment andCompletion of the Procedure of Collecting Tariffs for the Use of the Radio Spectrum
The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications launched for public consultation a draft decision aimed at amending and completing the Decision of the president of the Inspectorate General for Communications and Information Technology no.686/2005 approving the “Procedure of...
2009-10-20
Access to Mobile Broadband Services
The digital dividend, i.e. the radio spectrum freed as a result of the switchover to digital television, and the manner in which it would be made available to the industry were the main topics debated today during the session on...
2009-10-19
The Electronic Communications Market in the First Half of 2009
“The current economic circumstances have had some influence upon the Romanian electronic communications sector, yet the market evolves well. Overall, consumption did not drop, on the contrary, voice traffic increased significantly. The cumulated number of fixed and mobile telephony users...