Press Releases
2005-11-30
ANRC Allotted New Numbering Resources
ANRC allotted new numbering resources to RCS & RDS S.A. and Dial Telecom S.R.L. and amended the licences granted to A & G Communication Grup S.R.L. and Telestar Corporation GmbH S.R.L., following their requests for giving up the right to...
2005-11-22
Successful eGovernment is in Direct Proportion to the Number of Romanians Deploying Internet Connections
“A salient condition for access to eGovernment services is a computer connected to the Internet. Therefore, one of ANRC’s strategic priorities is stimulating the growth of Internet connections, so that the Romanian citizens could interact with the administration on-line”, the...
2005-11-18
2,000,000 New Numbers for Mobile Telephone Services
The National Regulatory Authority for Communications (ANRC) extended the numbering resources granted to S.C. Orange Romania S.A., S.C. Telemobil S.A. and S.C. Cosmote Romanian Mobile Telecommunications S.A. (formerly named S.C. Cosmorom S.A.) Thus, following the request submitted to ANRC by...
2005-11-17
ANRC Will Defend Competition on the Romanian Fixed Telephony Market in Court
Upon receiving the mass-media representatives’ requests for further information on certain issues on the regulation of the Romtelecom interconnection tariffs, ANRC makes the following clarifications: Interconnection tariffs are the key to competition. Therefore, ANRC shall not jeopardize competition and the...
2005-11-16
All Romanians Living in Rural Areas Will Have Access to Communications Services
Today, the 16th of November, 2005, during a press conference with international participation held in Tunis, on the occasion of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), the President of the National Regulatory Authority for Communications of Romania (ANRC),...
2005-11-15
CATV Subscribers – Potential Users of Broadband Internet Services
“In June 2005, there were more than 522,000 connections for access to broadband Internet services; approximately 160,000 of these were provided by means of coaxial cable, which is the widest used support for high-speed Internet through dedicated connections. These figures...
2005-11-04
Dialogue of the ANRC Caravan with the Industry in Iasi
On Thursday, November 3, 2005, during the fourth meeting of the ANRC Caravan held in Iasi, the President of the National Regulatory Authority for Communications, Mr. Dan Cristian Georgescu, and the ANRC Vice-president, Ms. Alexandrina Hirtan, met the representatives of...
2005-11-03
In Romania, the Number of Mobile Calls Increased by 45% in theFirst Half of 2005 as Compared to the Same Period of 2004
The number of mobile telephony users in Romania reached 11.37 million in June 2005, increasing by more than 10% (1.16 million) as compared to end-2004, according to the final report on the electronic communications sector for the period January 1st...
2005-11-02
New Law Regulating the Regime of Electronic Communications Networks
The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) and the National Regulatory Authority for Communications (ANRC) have launched for consultation a draft law regulating the rights of way for the providers of electronic communications networks, the shared use of the...
2005-10-28
ANRC Reduces the Interconnection Tariffs of Romtelecom
On Thursday, October 27, 2005, ANRC imposed Romtelecom the obligation to reduce its interconnection tariffs, based on a two-step adjustment schedule, January 1, 2006 and January 1, 2007. By the end of this transition period, the interconnection tariffs will have...
2005-10-19
6 Electronic Communications Providers Submitted Offers for the Installation of Telecentres
On Tuesday, October 18, 2005, the National Regulatory Authority for Communications (ANRC) organised, at its headquarters, the opening of the offers for the installation of telecentres in 40 rural localities. The bidders were: Euroweb Romania, Mobifon, Orange România, Rartel, Romtelecom...
2005-10-18
The Number of Subscribers of the Fixed Telephony AlternativeProviders Tripled During the First Half of 2005
“Competition is viable and effective on the electronic communications market,” the President of the National Regulatory Authority for Communications, Mr. Dan Cristian Georgescu, declared Wednesday, October 18 2005, in the opening session of the “International Broadband Communications Conference”. On this...
2005-10-14
Three New Companies Requested Numbering Resources for the Provision of Fixed Telephone Services
ANRC granted new numbering resources to RCS&RDS S.A., Telecom-City S.R.L., Plus+ Telecom S.R.L. and Acord Telecom S.R.L. Telecom-City requested 60,000 numbers for the provision of fixed telephone services (in the 0Z=03 domain), blocks of 1,000 numbers for services offered through...
2005-10-10
ANRC: Public Civil Works Should Be Announced, so that Electronic Communications Providers Could Install Their Underground Networks
Upon the request of the industry in South-Western Romania, which met the ANRC Caravan in Pitesti, on Friday, the President of the National Regulatory Authority for Communications, Mr. Dan Cristian Georgescu, mentioned several ANRC proposals regarding the rights of way...
2005-10-05
ANRC Collaborates with MCTI for Developing the National Broadband Strategy
“The National Regulatory Authority for Communications initiated, in collaboration with the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, the process of elaborating a national strategy for the development of broadband services. After only one year since ANRC set out the conditions...
2005-09-29
ANRC Proposes Amendments to the Conditions for the Unbundled Access to the Local Loop
ANRC proposes amendments to the Reference Unbundling Offer (RUO), thus allowing the industry to assess and make a stand on the Romtelecom tariffs for the services associated with the provision of the unbundled access to the local loop and providing...
2005-09-22
The Costs Incurred with the Postal Services Provided by theRomanian Post Will Be Permanently Monitored
ANRC launches for public consultation the ANRC President’s draft decision in order to enhance the quality and credibility of the internal cost accounting system, which the Romanian Post has the obligation to implement, as a universal service provider in the...
2005-09-21
ANRC Granted New Numbering Resources
ANRC has allotted – from the beginning of September – numbering resources to RCS&RDS S.A., Danubius Telecom S.R.L. and Nxtel Solutions S.R.L. RCS&RDS S.A. and Danubius Telecom S.R.L. requested and were granted new numbering resources, in addition to the previously...
2005-09-14
Electronic Communications Providers Will be Able to Test the VDSL Technology
Today, September 14, 2005, ANRC has launched for public consultation the document establishing the terms under which the providers of broadband communications services are allowed to conduct tests in the Romtelecom access network. These tests will provide for the evaluation...
2005-09-13
From 2006, the providers will have the possibility to contribute to the Universal Service Fund based on the income resulted exclusively from the provision of electronic communications networks or services
Starting next year, the providers of public electronic communications networks and of publicly available electronic communications services may choose to contribute to the universal service fund in direct proportion to the income resulted exclusively from the provision of electronic communications...