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ANCOM Adopted Its 2016 Action Plan

12.11.2015

Today, the Romanian National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) has adopted, in Consultative Council, its 2016 Action Plan, which provides steps for fostering competition in the electronic communications and postal services market, enhancing the efficiency of the radio spectrum and numbering resources management, as well as for protecting these services’ users.

Thus, for fostering competition in the electronic communications sector, the Authority will perform market analyses in respect of fixed and mobile termination servicesand will re-assess the previously imposed regulatory measures. Moreover, with a view to reflecting the technological advancements, the Authority aims to review the costing model for interconnection-related services.

With a view to the development of broadband electronic communications networks in Romania, ANCOM will continue the project of a national inventory of the public electronic communications networks and of the associated facilities, initiated two years ago. The Authority will continue awarding the frequency spectrum still available in the 800 MHz, 2,600 MHz and 3.4 – 3.8 GHz bands,as well as the remaining DTT multiplexes.

In 2016, the Authority will conduct a user information campaign on the existence and usefulness of the dedicated online tools developed by ANCOM - InfoCentre for consumers, Veritel.ro, Netograf.ro and Portabilitate.ro. Furthermore, ANCOM will extend the possibilities of testing internet service quality, taking into account the wishes and needs of users. In this vein, in order to increase Netograf’s accessibility for all the users, to offer more relevant and accurate information, the Authority will develop separate Netograf applications, dedicated to fixed and respectively to mobile terminals, downloadable free of charge.

Next year, the Authority will also revisit the regulations on the amateur radiocommunications service in Romania, in order to harmonize them with the European and international regulations. Thus, the radioamateur status will be easier to obtain, due to the simplification of regulations and the removal of obsolete provisions.

Following the new trends and innovations in the field, ANCOM will review the general authorisation regime, both for postal service providers and for providers of electronic communications networks and services.

In respect of postal services, ANCOM will analyse – if submitted - the request for compensating the net cost of the 2015 provision of services within the scope of universal service and, where applicable, it will establish the universal service financing mechanisms for the postal services sector.

Among the monitoring and control campaigns to be conducted next year, the Authority will also initiate a campaign for measuring mobile telephony coverage along national and county roads, a campaign for verifying compliance with imposed obligations of the providers of publicly available electronic communications services with advance payment, as well as a campaign for verifying the electronic communications providers’ compliance with their obligations of informing end-users.

The constant monitoring of the performance of electronic communications networks will be carried out by drawing up and publishing the report on incidents that affected the security and integrity of public electronic communications networks and of the publicly available electronic communications services in 2015, the report on the security measures implemented by providers, as well as the report on the quality of internet access services during 2015.

Moreover, following a process of analysis, consultation and dialogue with all the stakeholders in the Romanian electronic communications field, in 2016, ANCOM will finalize and publish The Strategy for digital communications up to 2020, a document outlining ANCOM’s vision for the Romanian communications during 2016-2020, the priorities and main action directions for the Authority’s roadmap in the next five years. Furthermore, the Authority will draw up a report on the implementation of the Regulatory Strategy in the postal services field for 2012-2016 and will conceive a new regulatory strategy in this field, for the period 2017-2020.