On December 12, 2006, ANRC adopted the decisions on postponing the implementation of the second stage of the decrease of tariffs for the interconnection with the networks of Orange Romania and Vodafone Romania.

The maximum interconnection tariffs that may be charged by Orange Romania and Vodafone Romania as of January 1, 2007, will be of 7.21 eurocents per minute. The second stage of tariff reduction will be postponed with one year and, therefore, the level of 6.4 eurocents per minute - initially set out for the beginning of 2007 - will be applied as of January 1, 2008.

ANRC sustains the correctness of the applied model, since the maximum level of 5.03 eurocents per minute, to be reached by the interconnection tariffs by the end of the transition period, namely January 1, 2009, is maintained.

Considering the harmonisation target at the European level, in the context of Romania’s accession to the European Union, ANRC decided to postpone by one year the reduction of the tariffs for the interconnection with the mobile networks, scheduled for January 1, 2007. ANRC took into account both the level and the evolution of the tariffs for call termination in mobile networks in the European Union Member States as well as the fact that the tariffs for call termination in the networks of the two operators are already the lowest in Europe.

ANRC president’s Decisions amending ANRC president’s Decisions no.436/2006 and no.437/2006 are published on the website of ANRC, under the ANRC Decisions section.