Press Releases
2015-01-28
ANCOM Announces the Winners of the Regional Digital Television Multiplexes
The auction commission within ANCOM has announced that it has determined the winning bidders and the number of multiplexes won following the first stage of the auction for awarding regional multiplexes. An allocation round will be organised on 11 February...
2015-01-20
All 5 Applications in the Auction for Awarding Digital Television Multiplexes Admitted to the Next Stage
The auction commission within ANCOM announces that all the five companies which submitted applications in the auction held for awarding the digital television multiplexes – 2K Telecom, Radio M Plus, Regal, Cargo Sped and Digital Video Broadcast – are qualified...
2015-01-14
5 Applications Submitted in the Auction for the Awarding of National, Regional and Local Digital Television Multiplexes
The companies 2K Telecom, Radio M Plus, Regal, Cargo Sped and Digital Video Broadcast submitted applications in the second procedure held for awarding the digital television multiplexes by which ANCOM makes available to the market 2 national multiplexes, 40 regional...
2014-12-19
ANCOM Published a Handbook for Reporting Incidents with a Significant Impact on the Provision of Electronic Communications Networks and Services
The National Regulatory Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications of Romania (ANCOM) published today, in Romanian, on its website, the Handbook for reporting incidents with a significant impact on the provision of electronic communications networks and services. The main...
2014-12-11
ANCOM 2015 Action Plan, Agreed with the Telecom Industry
In its Consultative Council meeting with the representatives of the Romanian industry of electronic communications and postal services, the Romanian Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) discussed about its 2015 Action Plan, as well as about the decision...
2014-12-09
6.6 Million Subscribers to Audio-Visual Programme Retransmission Services in Romania, at Mid-2014
On 30 June 2014, the total number of subscribers to commercial services of audio-visual programme retransmission increased by 5.4%, up to 6.6 million, compared to 6.3 million on 30 June 2013. At the household level, the penetration rate reached 89%,...
2014-12-08
More Mobile, Fewer Fixed Telephony Subscribers
According to the statistical data reported, as of 30 June 2014, the number of subscribers to fixed telephony services dropped by 0.8%, to 4 million, while the number of mobile telephony subscribers increased by 1.3%, compared to the same period...
2014-12-04
Over 2 Million Additional High Speed Mobile Internet Connections in One Year
The Romanian Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) published the statistical data for the fixed and mobile internet access services in the first half of 2014. According to the Report, the mobile internet growth rate continues to exceed...
2014-12-04
ANCOM Issued the Opinion of Conformance for the Electronic Communications Providers’ Access to the Underground Infrastructure in the Old Town of Timișoara Municipality
The Romanian National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) issued and communicated to the Timișoara City Hall the Opinion of Conformance on the technical and economic terms for the electronic communications providers’ access to the communications infrastructure deployed...
2014-12-02
ANCOM Auctions Out National, Regional and Local DTT Multiplexes
Today, 2 December 2014, the Romanian National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) published the announcement and the Terms of Reference of the auction for awarding the two national digital television multiplexes unawarded in the previous auction, as...
2014-11-27
ANCOM to Make an Inventory of Public Networks in Romania
The Romanian Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) discussed about the format and means of transmission of the information related to the roll-out and geographic location of the public electronic communications networks and of the associated facilities with...
2014-11-24
ANCOM Assesses the CNPR Provision of Universal Postal Service in 2013
After analysing the compensation request submitted by the National Company Poșta Română (CNPR), which is the designated universal service provider in the postal field in Romania, ANCOM verified and adjusted the value of the net cost of the provision of...
2014-11-24
ANCOM Launched the Electromagnetic Compatibility Testing Laboratory
Today, the Romanian National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) inaugurated the laboratory for electromagnetic compatibility tests at Prejmer, county of Brasov, where one could test radio, electric and electronic equipment in the Romanian market – from telephones,...
2014-11-19
Over 30 European regulators discuss the future of the European universal postal service in Bucharest
Bucharest hosted today, 19 November 2014, the first stakeholder workshop of the European Regulators Group for Postal Services (ERGP), where more than 150 representatives of over 30 European regulators and important stakeholders in the postal services field discussed the perspectives...
2014-11-18
ANCOM Recommends Caution When Buying Electric and Electronic Domestic Appliances
ANCOM warns the consumers to carefully check the technical specifications, as well as the CE marking, when they wish to buy electric and electronic domestic appliances. This warning comes as a result of control actions conducted by the ANCOM inspectors,...
2014-11-17
Internet and Telephone Services Adapted for Disabled Users
Today, the Romanian National Regulatory Authority for Communications (ANCOM) has submitted to public consultation a set of measures intended to ensure the disabled persons’ access to telephony and internet access services adapted to their specific needs and in conditions equivalent...
2014-11-06
ANCOM Wishes More Transparency for Telecom Offers
The Romanian National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) has submitted today to public consultation a series of new obligations of informing the end-users incumbent on the providers of telephone, internet and television services with a view to...
2014-10-22
ANCOM supune consultării publice Planul de acţiuni pentru anul 2015
The Romanian Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) has launched today, for public consultation, itsdraft Action Plan for 2015. Next year, ANCOM will continue the implementation of the Infrastructure Law, pursuing the multi-annual project of a national inventory...
2014-10-17
ANCOM Consults the Industry on the Future Use of the 3.4 – 3.8 GHz Band
The Romanian Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) published a questionnaire regarding the future use of the 3400-3600 MHz and 3600-3800 MHz bands in Romania, in order to find the opinions of the providers and other interested parties...
2014-10-09
More than 1.5 Million Numbers Ported in Romania
Throughout the six years since the launch of number portability in Romania, the amount of telephone numbers transferred from their users from one network to another has constantly been on the rise. Thus, starting from 2008, when this service was...