Press Releases
2015-05-04
6.9 Million Subscribers to Audio-visual Programme Retransmission Services in Romania
In 2014, the total number of subscribers to audio-visual programme retransmission services provided on commercial basis increased by 5.9%, up to 6.9 million, compared to 6.5 million – at the end of 2013. Therefore, the penetration rate at the household...
2015-05-04
Strategies
In order to ensure a high level of transparency and predictability, ANCOM elaborates a multi-annual instrument meant to support and regulate efficiently the electronic communications market, as well as the postal services market in Romania. Press releases – May 2015...
2015-04-30
3 Companies Qualified in the DTT Auction
Four companies applied for multiplexes in the third digital terrestrial television auction organised by the Romanian National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM). Grup Est Security S.R.L., Info Total Press S.A. and TV Sat 2002 qualified for the...
2015-04-28
16 Million Broadband Internet Connections as of end-2014 in Romania
In Romania, the broadband internet continued to spread at high speeds during 2014. According to the preliminary statistical data presented by ANCOM within the 19th edition of the Communications Day, mobile broadband connections amounted to 12 million, growing by 25%...
2015-04-22
ANCOM launches for consultation the list of areas without broadband fixed internet
ANCOM conducted a survey with a view to identifying the localities in Romania where, on 31 December 2014, there was no local loop and/or backhaul network segments for fixed connections that could ensure transfer rates of minimum 30 Mbps. The...
2015-04-16
The Strategy for the use of the 3.4 – 3.8 GHz band has been adopted
The Romanian Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) agreed in the Consultative Council of 16 April 2015 on the Strategy for the Implementation and Development of BWA systems at a national level, in the 3400-3800 MHz band, for...
2015-04-02
Make sure you don't get big bills when you use the internet while roaming abroad. Choose a ceiling
The Romanian National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) reminds those travelling abroad that they have the right to choose a ceiling on roaming mobile internet usage. If the users do not choose any of the ceilings available...
2015-04-02
Public consultation on the procedure of awarding the frequency usage rights for specific categories of users
The Romanian National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) launches for public consultation a draft decision establishing the procedure of awarding the radio frequency usage rights for diplomatic missions, consular offices and representation offices of international organizations accredited...
2015-03-30
ANCOM Organises Examination Sessions for the Certificates of Radio Amateur and of Radio Operator in the Land Mobile Service
Between 21 April and 28 May 2015, the Romanian National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM), by means of its regional divisions in Bucharest, Cluj, Iasi and Timis, is organising the ordinary examination sessions for the persons who...
2015-03-19
International vs. Roaming Calls
The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) reminds the telephony users that calls to international destinations and outbound (or incoming) roaming calls have different costs and require different dialling formats. With a view to facilitating the users’...
2015-03-18
ANCOM Launches New Digital Terrestrial Television Auction
Today, 18 March 2015, the Romanian Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) launches a new auction for awarding the two national, 31 regional and 19 local DTT multiplexes unawarded in the previous selection procedures. In order to take...
2015-03-17
ANCOM Conducted More than 5,300 Control Actions in 2014
The inspectors of the Romanian National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) conducted 5,363 control actions with a view to ensuring compliance with the legal provisions in the electronic communications and postal services markets, in 2014. Following these,...
2015-03-05
Propuneri de modificare a procedurii de autorizare a furnizării serviciilor de programe audiovizuale
The Romanian National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) launched today, for public consultation, a draft decision for amending the procedure of authorisation of the audio-visual programme service provision. Thus, the Authority aims at clarifying the conditions for...
2015-02-25
ANCOM Consults The Strategy for The Use of The 3.4 – 3.8 GHz Band
The Romanian Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) launched for consultation the Strategy Document on the implementation and development of broadband communications systems at national level in the 3400-3800 MHz frequency band, for the period 2015-2025, establishing the...
2015-02-25
ANCOM Imposes Telecom Operators to Create Service Packages for the Disabled
The Romanian Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) adopted the decision providing a set of measures meant to ensure the access of disabled people to telephony and internet access services tailored according to their specific needs and in...
2015-02-19
More Information for the Electronic Communications Users in Romania
The Romanian Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) finalised the new decision on the operators’ obligations of informing the end-users in today’s Consultative Council. In order to increase the transparency of the offers launched by the providers of...
2015-02-17
Consumption Profiles of Romanian Telephony and Internet Users, Updated on Veritel.ro
The Romanian Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) updated on Veritel.ro – the online application for comparing the telecom offers – the values configuring the profile of the occasional, average and intensive user of mobile telephony and mobile...
2015-02-12
Auction for Regional Digital Television Multiplexes, Completed
The auction commission within ANCOM announces that the auction for awarding regional digital television multiplexes in Romania has been completed. Following the allocation round, the allotted multiplexes and the amounts the bidders will pay for them have been established. The...
2015-02-12
More than Half a Million Ported Numbers in 2014
Last year, 564,648 numbers were ported in Romania, standing for one third of the total 1,772,073 of numbers ported between the service launch and the end of 2014. Out of the 564,648 ported numbers, 479,938 are mobile and 84,710 are...
2015-02-10
More Complaints concerning Quality of Communications Services
In 2014, the Romanian Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) received 1,684 complaints from the communications users, by 46% more than in 2013. Almost half of these complaints concerned aspects related to the contracts concluded in writing with...