Press Releases
2008-12-03
Increased number of users for All Electronic Communications Services in Romania
The statistical data regarding the Romanian electronic communications market reported by the providers to the National Authority for Communications, for the first half of 2008, indicate a steady growth of the number of mobile telephony users, as well as of...
2008-11-28
ANC President Signed the Licence Granted to SNR for the Use of Frequency Bands that Allow Implementation of BWA Services
The ANC President, Liviu Nistoran, signed the licence granted to the Radiocommunications National Society (SNR) for the use of radio frequencies in the 3600 – 3800 MHz band in view of providing public electronic communications networks and publicly available electronic...
2008-11-27
ANC Launches for Public Consultation Two Draft Decisions regarding Postal Services
Today, 27 November 2008, ANC has launched for public consultation a draft decision for the amendment and completion of the ANRC President’s Decision no.88/2004 on the designation of the Universal Service providers in the field of postal services and a...
2008-11-25
33 Postal Items per Romanian in 2007
ANC made public today the statistical data report on the 2007 Romanian postal market. According to these data, in 2007, the total postal traffic registered 702,981,707 postal items, i.e. on average, 32.65 postal items per inhabitant, increasing from 26.72 in...
2008-11-25
ANC Keeps the Draft Regulations regarding the Mobile Termination Markets Posted for Consultation, for 30 Days
The draft decisions regarding the mobile termination markets will remain available for public consultation 30 days, until 22 December 2008. The Authority intended an emergency consultation procedure for these draft decisions, given the coming reduction of the interconnection tariffs charged...
2008-11-24
ANC Launches for Sale the BWA Terms of Reference
Today, ANC has launched for sale the Terms of Reference for the comparative selection procedure in view of granting two licences for the use of the radio frequencies that allow the provision of public electronic communications networks and publicly available...
2008-11-20
ANC to Decrease the Interconnection Tariffs of All Mobile Operators
”Following the completion of a new market survey, ANC proposes to impose the cost-orientation obligation on all five mobile telephony operators, and, respectively, the obligation to reduce the interconnection tariffs charged by Cosmote, Telemobil and RCS&RDS, while allowing them to...
2008-11-19
ANC to Decrease the Interconnection Tariffs of All Mobile Operators
”The number of subscribers to services of audio-visual programme retransmission in Romania grew from 5.24 million, at the end of 2007, to 5.58 million, at the end of June 2008. Almost 2 million of these subscribers use DTH satellite networks”,...
2008-11-13
Telephony Providers Required to Better Inform Their Clients
Today, ANC launches the draft decision on the obligations of the electronic communications providers to inform the end-users for public debate. The draft decision proposes a set of solutions for the information deficiencies the communications users in Romania deal with,...
2008-11-12
Providers May Now Offer Temporal Marking
“Starting Monday, November 10, 2008, the companies interested in providing temporal marking services may send ANC notifications on starting such activity. Temporal mark is necessary to authenticate documents and has practical applications in areas such as: electronic commerce, electronic signature,...
2008-11-11
In the Following Three Years, the Number of Romanian Online Stores Will Grow by 50% per Year, Reaching 3,000 in 2011
A study ordered by ANC in view of assessing the Romanian electronic commerce market, conducted during September – October 2008, revealed that the number of Romanian online stores would keep growing by 50% per year during 2009 – 2011, reaching...
2008-10-31
Prank Callers to 112 Will Be Overwhelmed with SMS
Yesterday, the decision on the terms for establishing communications with the National Unique System for Emergency Calls (SNUAU), alongside a first set of steps against prank callers to 112, entered into force. As soon as the Special Telecommunications Service, together...
2008-10-30
ANC announces the first porting of a number
Today, October 30, 2008, the president of the National Authority for Communications, Liviu Nistoran, has announced, during a press conference, the porting of the first telephone number in Romania. „I am pleased to announce you that yesterday, October 29, 2008,...
2008-10-23
ANC Launches for Consultation a Draft Decision on the Provision of Third Generation Communications Services within the 900 MHz and 1800 MHz Bands
Today, ANC has published for public consultation the draft decision on the harmonised use of the 880-915 MHz, 925-960 MHz, 1710-1747.5 MHz and 1805-1842.5 MHz bands. According to the draft decision, the operators of these frequency bands will be allowed...
2008-10-21
Green Light to Requests for Porting Fixed or Mobile Telephone Numbers
Today, fixed and mobile number portability has been launched in Romania. ”Whoever wishes to keep his/her telephone number, but, nevertheless, switch telephony providers, can now go to chosen operator and submit a porting request. Within 10 days, his/her number will...
2008-10-17
ANC submits to public consultation the draft decision for modifying Decision 738/2008
ANC has published today, on its website, the draft decision regarding the amendment of paragraph (1) of Article 11 of the ANRCTI President’s Decision no.732/2008 on the procedure of granting licenses for the use of radio frequencies in the 3600-3657...
2008-10-15
ANC Launches Public Consultation on Terms of Reference for Granting the 3600-3657 MHz and 3700-3757 MHz Licences
Today, ANC has published, on its website, the draft Terms of Reference for the comparative selection procedure in view of granting the two licences for the use of the radio frequencies that enable the provision of communications services by means...
2008-10-09
ANC Proposes A Set of Regulations for Terrestrial Broadcasting of Public Audiovisual Programme Services
According to the draft decisions launched for public consultation today, October 9, 2008, the National Authority for Communications (ANC) proposes that National Radiocommunications Company – S.A. (SNR) be designated operator with significant power on the relevant markets for the services...
2008-10-06
ANC Takes One More Step towards Document Dematerialization
The National Authority for Communications (ANC) adopted two decisions today, opening the way to document dematerialization: the decision regarding the technical and methodological rules for the enforcement of Law no. 451/2004 on time stamp and the decision on the checking...
2008-09-30
Starting October 1st, All the Fixed Telephone Numbers Will Have 10 Digits
Starting tomorrow, October 1st 2008, the fixed telephony subscribes will be called only by dialling the whole national number, consisting of 10 digits (prefix + local number), for all types of calls – local or national. Calls to fixed telephone...