Press Releases
2009-05-14
Starting Today, More Information for the Telephony Users
Today, 14 May, the decision on the obligations of informing the end-users, incumbent on the providers of publicly available electronic communications services will enter into force. Thus, the telephony operators will have the obligation to better inform their customers regarding...
2009-05-08
National Numbers for Directory Enquiry Services in the 118(xyz) Range May Be Activated Within 12 Months from Allotment
The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) has launched for public consultation a draft decision with a view to extending the activation term for the National Numbers for Directory Enquiry Services in the 118(xyz) range by six...
2009-04-30
Five Offers for the Provision of the Directory Enquiry Service and of the Subscriber Directory
Within the two tender procedures launched in March, ANCOM received five offers: two offers (from Infoclick and Mediasat) for the designation of the universal service provider that will make publicly available a directory enquiry service and three offers (from Infoclick,...
2009-04-28
Mobile Telephone Networks Overburdened, after Earthquake
The control carried out by ANCOM at the main telephony operators revealed that no interruptions occurred in the functioning of the telephone networks immediately after the earthquake of Saturday, 25 April. However, significant traffic congestions were registered, which led to...
2009-04-27
Three Mobile Operators Will Decrease Their Interconnection Tariffs Starting 1 May 2009
”I have signed and sent the operators the individual decisions on the designation of all the five mobile operators from Romania as providers with significant power on the market of mobile call termination on their own networks. By these decisions,...
2009-04-09
Higher Broadband Penetration – ANCOM’s Top Priority in 2009
”The broadband penetration rate in Romania is half the average penetration rate in the EU. In the century of speed and information, a connection to broadband Internet at affordable tariffs should not be considered luxury, but a necessity of public...
2009-04-09
The Romanian Communications Market Reached Its Maturity
“The preliminary statistical data on the evolution of the 2008 Romanian electronic communications market show that this market reached its maturity. We have the highest fixed telephony penetration rate of all times, a significant growth pace of the number of...
2009-04-07
ANCOM Organises a New Examination Session for the Achievement of the Radio Amateur Certificate and of the Certificate of Radio Operator in the Mobile Terrestrial Service
The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications, by means of its territorial departments of Bucharest, Cluj and Timisoara, organises the ordinary examination session in view of achieving the radio amateur certificate (25 – 28 April 2009), as well...
2009-04-03
Catalin Marinescu is the President of ANCOM
On Thursday, 2 April 2009, Marius Catalin Marinescu was assigned President of the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM), for a six-year mandate, by the presidential decree no.509 of 1 April 2009, published yesterday in the Romanian...
2009-03-27
ANCOM Proposes the Designation of CNPR as Universal Service Provider in the Postal Sector, Starting 26 April 2009 until 31 December 2012
Today, 27 March 2009, the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) launches for public consultation a draft decision on the designation of the National Company Romanian Post (CNPR) as a universal service provider in the postal sector,...
2009-03-20
The Communications Regulator Is Now under Parliamentary Control
The National Authority for Communications of Romania has been reorganised into the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM), an autonomous public authority with legal personality, under parliamentary control. ANCOM has the role of enforcing the national policy...
2009-03-17
Operators to Release of Their Own Accord the Terminals Locked On the Network
During a meeting with the electronic communications industry, the National Authority for Communications established that the terminals “captive” (encoded) in the mobile telephony networks should be released according to a good practice code elaborated by the ANC specialists together with...
2009-03-10
ANC Has Launched the Open Tender for the Designation of the Universal Service Providers that Will Establish a Directory Enquiry Service and a Subscriber Directory
ANC has launched two tender procedures, one for the designation of the universal service provider that will make publicly available a directory enquiry service and one for the designation of the universal service provider that will make available an on-line...
2009-03-04
ANC Regulates the Broadcasting Market
“The rules of the game in the broadcasting market have been established. After having completed the consultation process, we adopted the first regulations for this market, we designated SNR as an operator with significant market power (SMP) and we will...
2009-02-24
ANC Applies Fines for the Breach of the Electronic Commerce Law
During the press conference organised today for announcing the 2009 Action Plan of the National Authority for Communications, Liviu Nistoran, the ANC President, declared that one of the Authority’s priorities this year is fighting against unsolicited commercial communications and spam...
2009-02-24
ANC Assessed Romtelecom’s Compliance with the Obligations Provided in the Licence for the Use of the 410-415/420-425 MHz Frequencies
ANC performed the first assessment of Romtelecom’s compliance with the obligations undertaken in the offer for the 410-415/420-425 MHz mobile communications licence, between 19 and 27 January 2009. During the tender procedure, Romtelecom had submitted an offer by which it...
2009-02-13
ANC Launches The Procedure for The Designation of A Universal Service Provider in The Field of Postal Services
ANC launched the procedure for the designation of one or several Universal Service Provider(s) in the field of postal services that will have the obligation to provide, until 31 December 2012, the services included in the scope of universal service...
2009-02-13
The ANC President Met the Director General of the European Commission’s Information Society and Media Directorate-General
This morning, the President of the National Authority for Communications, Mr. Liviu Nistoran, met the Director General of the European Commission’s Information Society and Media Directorate-General, Mr. Fabio Colasanti, who came to Bucharest to discuss with the Romanian authorities. The...
2009-02-11
31,000 Telephone Numbers Ported in Three Months
“While 7,000 numbers were ported, on average, per month, in the first two months since the launch of number portability in Romania, once with the extension of the ceiling of ported numbers per day, more than 15,000 new ported numbers...
2009-02-06
No Offer for The BWA Licences
Yesterday, 5 February 2009, 17.00 hrs. was the deadline for submitting offers in the process of granting two licences for the use of radio frequencies in view of providing electronic communications services by means of the broadband wireless access (BWA)...