Press Releases
2006-03-15
ANRC Visited CeBIT 2006
Hannover, March 9-10, 2006 – ANRC President, Mr. Dan Georgescu, together with the Romanian delegation headed by the Minister Zsolt Nagy, visited the 20th edition of CeBIT, the most important IT and communications exhibition in Europe, held during March 9-15....
2006-03-14
The European Commission Upholds the Regulatory Measures Adopted by ANRC
“Romania has been an excellent reference as far as regulations are enforced and implemented in the enlargement countries. […] I see that some competition is taking place at the moment in the market, both in the fixed and the mobile,...
2006-03-13
ANRC Allots New Numbering Resources
ANRC allotted new numbering resources to A & G Communication Grup, One Cent, RCS & RDS, Tell Proinvest, Telecomunicatii Call and More, Telestar Corporation GmbH, Tele Two Invest. ANRC allotted Tele Two Invest 410,000 numbers for fixed telephone services (0Z=03...
2006-03-03
6 Offers for the Installation of Telecentres in 70 Rural Localities
On Thursday, March 2, 2006, the National Regulatory Authority for Communications (ANRC) organised, at its headquarters, the opening of the offers for the installation of telecentres in the 70 rural localities listed in the tender launched in December 2005. The...
2006-02-23
New Numbering Resources for Alternative Providers of Fixed Telephone Services
ANRC allotted new numbering resources to Atlas Telecom Network Romania, Combridge, Call+, Cellebral, Oxigen Telecom and Vialtex Prodcom. In addition to the previously granted individual indicatives for carrier selection 1088 and 1688, Combridge shall benefit from 410,000 numbers in the...
2006-02-20
The Fixed Alternative Operators’ Market Share Doubled in the Second Half of 2005
Today, February 20, 2006, during the seminary entitled “Electronic communications and IT”, the ANRC Vice-president, Ms. Alexandrina Hîrtan, presented the stages Romania completed during the process of harmonising its national legislation with the European one, as well as the evolution...
2006-02-20
Business Opportunities for the New Entrants on the Communications Market
“The liberalisation of this sector and the ANRC regulations, designed to stimulate competition, offer many investment opportunities on the Romanian market of electronic communications. The experience of other European countries who underwent similar changes proves that such opportunities may develop...
2006-02-16
ANRC May Charge Delay Fines Amounting to RON 30,000 per Day, for the ElectronicCommunications Providers’ Failure to Report Statistical Data
265 providers of electronic communications networks and services, who failed to comply with the deadline of February 15, 2006, in reporting the statistical data for the second half of 2005, have been notified by ANRC on the fact that failure...
2006-02-09
ANRC Consults the Industry on Reporting Statistical Data
In order to account for indicators regarding the new technologies and services on the market and to obtain a clearer outline of the trends in the electronic communications markets of Romania, ANRC has launched today, for public consultation, the draft...
2006-02-07
WiMAX – The Next Generation of Mobile Communications
The ANRC President, Mr. Dan Georgescu, participated today, February 7, 2006, in the conference “WiMAX in the Telecom Competition”, where he emphasized the potential impact of the new technology and of the new standard – WiMAX – on the development...
2006-02-01
2,000,000 Numbers Allotted to Mobile Telephone Services
ANRC allotted new numbering resources to Orange Romania, Mobifon, Digicom Systems and Acord Telecom. Orange Romania was granted the right to use one more million numbers for the provision of mobile telephone services. So far, this company has been granted...
2006-01-18
ANRC Strategic Objectives for 2006 under Public Consultation
In compliance with the principle of fostering a transparent and predictable regulatory framework, the National Regulatory Authority for Communications (ANRC) released today the 2006 Action Plan for consultation with the public and the profile industry. This year, the Authority is...
2006-01-11
ANRC Proposes a New Calculation Procedure for the Monitoring Tariffand the Universal Service Contribution
On Tuesday, ANRC launched for consultation the draft decision setting out the rules and procedures for the calculation of the monitoring tariff owed to ANRC and of the contribution to Universal Service, as well as the choice of the providers...
2005-12-28
ANRC Launches Consultation on the Implementation of Number Portability
The Romanian users will be able to keep their telephone number despite shifts to other operators. This new service is called number portability and will be available in Romania from the beginning of 2007. ANRC is launching today, for...
2005-12-21
ANRC Launches a Tender for the Installation of 70 More Telecentres
Yesterday, at the ANRC headquarters, the 5 companies winning the first tender for the implementation of Universal Service organised in 2005, together with the mayors of several beneficiary localities and the ANRC President, concluded the agreements for the installation...
2005-12-21
The Number of Postal Items Exceeded 500 Million in 2004
On Wednesday, December 21st, 2005, the National Regulatory Authority for Communications released the first Report on the statistical data regarding the market of postal services in 2004, elaborated based on the information transmitted by 134 postal service providers. The conclusions...
2005-12-21
The National Regulatory Authority for Communications Releases the 2005 Annual Report
“ANRC was established to create a competitive communications market and to promote the sector development, as well as the end-users’ interest and investments. In 2005, all our efforts have been committed to the achievement of these objectives, by which ANRC...
2005-12-08
The Interconnection Tariffs of Romtelecom Will Be Reducedas of the 1st of January 2006
The Court of Appeal of Bucharest rejected yesterday Romtelecom’s request to suspend, for the duration of the trial, the decision of the National Regulatory Authority for Communications which obliges the operator to decrease its interconnection rates. In October 2005,...
2005-12-07
ANRC Designated 5 Companies to Install Telecentres in 33 Villages
ANRC designated the companies that will install telecentres in 33 villages currently having a low degree of access to telephony services. These 33 telecentres will provide acces for approximately 41,000 people living in the rural area. S.C. Euroweb Romania S.A.,...
2005-12-07
The Decrease of Interconnection Tariffs Does Not Affect Romtelecom Investments
Today, December the 7th, 2005, the President of the National Regulatory Authority for Communications, Dan Cristian Georgescu, presented the main regulatory endeavours of ANRC in 2005, as well as some of the Authority’s priorities for the next year, during the...