Press Releases
2012-10-19
10 ani de reglementare a pieţei comunicaţiilor electronice şi serviciilor poştale din România
Autoritatea Naţională pentru Administrare şi Reglementare în Comunicaţii (ANCOM) organizează conferinţa internaţională „Înapoi la viitor: următorii 10 ani în piaţa de comunicaţii”, eveniment strâns legat de împlinirea, în acest an, a 10 de ani de reglementare a comunicaţiilor electronice şi...
2012-10-19
In 2011, the Postal Market Registered the First Increases after Three Consecutive Years of Decline
The statistical data report on postal services, published today by ANCOM, shows that, after three years of decline, the market grew by 28% in terms of total postal traffic. The providers reported increases as regards both domestic traffic (29%) and...
2012-10-18
ANCOM Sanctions the Operators that Do Not Label the Postal Items
ANCOM applied four fines amounting to RON 30,000 to the postal operators which had not observed the obligation to adequately label the postal items. ANCOM therefore sanctioned Romanian Post National Company (CNPR) and Posta Atlassib Curier Rapid, from Sibiu county,...
2012-10-18
Patru ani de portabilitate în România
Four years after the introduction of number portability in Romania, the amount of ported numbers reached 873,213. This amount has risen every year: 30% of the amount of ported numbers so far was achieved in 2011, 25% in 2010 and...
2012-10-16
Construction Works and Cable Thefts - Main Causes of Electronic Communications Service Interruptions
The deterioration of the fibre optic because of constructions, infrastructure and utilities works and the theft of cables are the main causes which affected the provision of the electronic communications services for at least one hour during last year. Other...
2012-10-15
ANCOM Applied the Third Fine to Direct Post and Suspended Temporarily the Right of This Company to Provide Postal Services
ANCOM applied a RON 40,000 fine to S.C. DIRECT POST SERVICES S.R.L.for the provision of correspondence items weighing up to 50 g at a tariff lower than RON 2 per item. The company thus breached the reserved right of the...
2012-09-26
Removal of CNPR Reserved Right, Final Step to Market Liberalisation
ANCOM is making the final step towards the full liberalisation of the postal market by means of two draft decisions, submitted to public consultation today, which aim at extending with one year the capacity as a universal service provider of...
2012-09-25
Electronic Communications and Postal Services Operators Will Pay No Monitoring Tariff for 2012
The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) will charge the providers no monitoring tariff for the year 2012. An authorised provider of public electronic communications networks, of publicly available electronic communications services or of postal services, with...
2012-09-24
Spectrum Auction Successfully Concluded
Following the spectrum auction held by ANCOM, 5 operators have won 485 MHz in the 800 MHz, 900 MHz, 1800 MHz and 2600 MHz bands, the radio frequencies suitable for broadband voice mobile communications and Internet. The amount of spectrum...
2012-09-20
ANCOM Proposes to Extend until 19 February 2013 the Usage Term of 1951 and 1958 Numbers for the Current Services
The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) has published today for public consultation a draft decision on extending until 19 February 2013 the usage term in the case of the 1951 and 1958 national short numbers (19vx...
2012-09-17
Assignment Rounds within Spectrum Auction Start on Friday
The last additional round of the spectrum auction for allocating the frequencies in the 800, 900, 1800 and 2600 MHz bands has been held today. After this round, the generic blocks won by each bidder and the amounts they must...
2012-09-14
Second Additional Bid Round in the spectrum auction on Monday, 17 September
At the end of the first additional round of the spectrum auction held for allocating the frequencies in the 800, 900, 1800 and 2600 MHz bands, the Commission announces that a new additional round is scheduled to take place on...
2012-09-11
Spectrum Auction Continues with Additional Rounds
After the primary bid held today, on the second day of the spectrum auction, the Commission announces that demand no longer exceeds the offer in any of the available bands. The primary rounds phase ends thus, after 3 bidding rounds....
2012-09-10
Further Primary Rounds Are Needed after the First Day of Spectrum Auction
On the first day of spectrum auction organised for the allocation of frequencies in the 800, 900, 1800 and 2600 MHz bands, two primary rounds were held. Taking into account the fact that the request exceeds the offer in at...
2012-09-07
ANCOM organises this year’s second ordinary examination session for the issuance of radio operator certificates and radioamateur certificates
Between 19 September and 20 October 2012, the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM), by means of its regional divisions of Bucharest, Cluj, Iasi and Timis, organises an ordinary examination session for the issuance of radioamateur certificates...
2012-09-05
Most of the Providers Verified by ANCOM Observe the Legislation on Informing the End-Users
Between March and August 2012, the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) conducted 836 inspections on the electronic communications providers and their partners in order to verify compliance with the obligations of informing the end-users, as imposed...
2012-09-03
Starting Today, a Telephone Number Can Be Ported in 3 Days
ANCOM’s decision amending the technical and commercial conditions related to telephone number porting entered into force on 2 September. From this date on, the ported number will become active in the new network in maximum one working day, in line...
2012-08-30
Tarifele de interconectare pentru telefonia mobilă scad de la 1 septembrie 2012
As a result of the regulations of the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM), the interconnection rates charged by the operators of mobile telephone networks will decrease by 24%, to 3.07 eurocents/minute, as of 1 September 2012....
2012-08-24
ANCOM Proposes a Reviewed General Authorisation Regime for the Electronic Communications Providers
ANCOM proposes amendments and completions to the decision on the general authorisation regime for the provision of electronic communications networks and services, in order to reflect the provisions of the new legislative framework for electronic communications, as well as to...
2012-08-23
Following Tender, ANCOM Hires Developer of Tariff Comparison Application
“Online application for comparing the communications offers intended for the end-users” Sector Operational Programme "Increase of Economic Competitiveness" – co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund – “Investments for your future” 23.08.2012 The National Authority for Management and Regulation in...