Today, June 1, 2007, the National Regulatory Authority for Communications and Information Technology (ANRCTI) has launched the sixth public tender for the installation of telecentres in 131 new rural localities in 29 counties of Romania. Any person that is both a provider of public electronic communications networks and a provider of publicly available electronic communications services may participate in the tender.
“Telecentres cover elementary communications needs and ensure to rural communities equal chances for development. The national programme for installation of telecentres shall continue until it will enable the inhabitants of all eligible localities to use the multiple services which are made available for them. In the isolated regions from geographic, but mainly from access to communications means viewpoint, it is very important to ensure people’s access to knowledge, information, as well as to help them enlarge their horizon. The tender launched today is addressed to 62,000 inhabitants in 131 new rural localities”, the President of ANRCTI, Dan Georgescu, declared.
The 131 villages were selected from the localities identified as having low access to telephone services. Furthermore, the mayoralties of these localities expressed their availability to participate in the telecentre programme initiated by ANRCTI and committed themselves to fully cover the telecentre management costs.
The list of the localities envisaged by today’s tender for the installation of telecentres is available here, on the ANRCTI website.
The telecentre is a public space equipped with at least two telephones, two computers, a fax and a UPS device. Thus, the inhabitants will be able to make and receive local, national and international calls, including towards the mobile telephony networks. Furthermore, they will be able to call the emergency number – 112 – and have access to Internet and fax.
The documents required for drawing up and submitting the offer in order to participate in the tender for the installation of telecentres may be purchased from the ANRCTI headquarters between June 1, 2007 and July 13, 2007. The parties willing to purchase the documents must send a written request therefor, one day in advance, to the following fax number: +40 21 3075 408. Further requests for details may be transmitted by July 16, 2007. The deadline for submitting the offers is July 30, 2007, 17:00 hours. The offers will be opened on July 31, 2007 at 10:00 hours and the winning offer will be designated by the tender commission within 30 days from the opening date.