Wednesday, November 29, 2006, the National Regulatory Authority for Communications launched for public consultation its 2007 Action Plan, in compliance with the principle of transparency and predictability of the regulatory framework.
In elaborating its 2007 Action Plan, ANRC identified seven priority objectives and the main actions envisaged for the fulfilment of these objectives: improve the transparency and predictability of the regulatory framework, promote competition in the sectors of electronic communications and of postal services, promote the end-users’ interest, conduct monitoring and control actions in order to safeguard the markets of electronic communications and of postal services, consolidate the ANRC administrative capacity, increase the ANRC contribution to the development and implementation of the harmonised regulatory framework in the field of electronic communications, improve the Authority’s dialogue with the industry, the public authorities and the end-users.
Thus, in 2007, ANRC will continue the series of public consultations on the Regulatory Strategy for the electronic communications sector during 2007-2010, as the final version of this document is provided for the third trimester of next year. Furthermore, the Authority will mainly focus on monitoring the competition environment both on the wholesale and on the retail markets, in order to determine the necessity of defining and analysing new specific relevant markets or of reviewing the definitions and the analyses of the specific relevant market identified so far.
The 2007 Action Plan grants special attention to the regulations in the field of numbering resources, emphasizing the preparations for the implementation of number portability (which must be actually launched in the third trimester of next year) and the implementation of the changes in the National Numbering Plan (NNP). Two corresponding decisions are to be subsequently launched for consultation.
In 2007, ANRC will continue the implementation of Universal Service by means of the national programmes for the installation of telecentres and of public pay telephones. ANRC will launch tenders for the installation of telecentres in 250 new eligible localities and will proceed to organising tenders for the installation of public pay telephones, based on the conclusions of the pilot project to be initiated at the end of 2006.
The draft ANRC Action Plan for 2007 is available on the ANRC website. All interested persons are invited to send their comments and suggestions by December 29, 2006, by mail, to the ANRC headquarters (14 Libertatii Blvd., 5th District, Bucharest) or directly to the ANRC registration office or to the closest territorial office of ANRC. Answers may be sent also by fax to +40 21 307 54 02 or by e-mail to consultare@anrc.ro.