Press Releases
2025-10-16
ANCOM facilitates interinstitutional dialogue to combat audio-visual content piracy
The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) organized today a working session with representatives of the National Audiovisual Council (CNA), the Ministry of Culture, the Romanian Copyright Office (ORDA) and the Romanian Audiovisual Communications Association (ARCA), aiming...
2025-10-15
Romania’s postal sector sees parcels outpace items of correspondence for the first time in 2024
In 2024, parcel volumes surged to 335 million items, overtaking correspondence traffic (267 million items) for the first time. Moreover, investments in the provision of postal services exceeded 500 million lei (+23%). Supporting parcel traffic was a key driver for...
2025-10-13
DSA: European Commission initiates the first actions to investigate compliance with measures for the protection of minors in the online environment
European Commission has requested Snapchat, YouTube, Apple App Store and Google Play to provide information in order to understand the measures they have taken to protect minors within their services. This action follows the adoption of the Guidelines on Protection...
2025-10-09
Invitation to the BEREC public debriefing of the 33rd plenary meetings
2017.12.07 On 13 December 2017, in Brussels, BEREC will hold a public debriefing to give an overview of the outcomes of the 33rd plenary meetings of 7-8 December in Copenhagen, Denmark. The BEREC Chair Sébastien Soriano will, on this occasion,...
2025-10-09
Broadband usage in Romania – generated mostly by fixed internet
“Broadband internet traffic over the 19 million fixed and mobile connections in Romania reached almost 2.7 million TB in the first half of 2016. Despite the increasing usage of smartphones or tablets for internet access, these mobile devices generate only...
2025-10-09
ANCOM InfoCentre: practical information for telecom users is just a click away
At the beginning of 2014, there were more than 4 million fixed telephony subscribers in Romania, almost 23 million active mobile SIM cards, 46% of the households had a fixed broadband internet connection, and more than 85% of these had...
2025-10-09
ANRCTI Suggests the Review of the National Numbering Plan
Today, February 2, 2007, ANRCTI submits to public consultation three draft decisions that are intended to modify the way the numbering resources are managed in Romania. The main amendments refer to the closing of the National Numbering Plan, to the...
2025-10-08
ANCOM issues new licenses for Vodafone, Digi and Telekom Romania Mobile Communications
ANCOM has issued new licenses for Vodafone Romania, Digi Romania and Telekom Romania Mobile Communications, after their receiving the Authority’s prior consent for the assignment and lease of frequency usage rights, as well as for the temporary sharing of frequency...
2025-10-08
Spoofing via phone number: what ANCOM does and what users can do
Spoofing is a method of impersonating a caller’s identity by displaying a phone number that does not belong to the person actually making the call (Caller Line Identification – CLI). Thus, fraudsters use real numbers, belonging to other users, to...
2025-09-23
ANCOM launches for public consultation the draft regulatory strategy in the field of postal services
The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) has launched today, for public consultation, the draft of the Postal Regulatory Strategy 2025 – 2026, a document which establishes the main lines of action for the development of a...
2025-09-12
ANCOM: Users of electronic communications services must be informed when exhausting their included resources and reaching 250 lei additional costs
The National Authority for Administration and Regulation in Communications of Romania (ANCOM) reminds users of telephone and internet access services that they have the right to be informed when they have fully consumed the resources included in the subscription and...
2025-09-02
What users need to know before concluding an electronic communications contract: the Contract Summary is mandatory
ANCOM recalls that, according to the regulations in force, providers of telephone, internet or television services have the obligation to provide the users, before concluding a contract, with a Contract Summary sheet. This document summarizes the most important information about...
2025-08-14
Walkie-talkie stations, wireless microphones and sound systems were the subject of a national control campaign
Between June 19, 2025 – July 11, 2025, the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) conducted a thematic control campaign at national level on the radio equipment market. The campaign targeted walkie-talkie radio stations, wireless microphones and...
2025-08-04
Users may reconsider their porting decision: how to cancel a number portability process
Portability allows telephone users to keep their phone numbers while switching providers in pursuit of the best offers on the market. However, there are situations where users reconsider the decision to port their numbers, for example, where the current provider...
2025-07-24
Netograf: In 2024, the average download speed reached 446 Mbps for fixed cable internet and 58 Mbps for mobile internet
According to ANCOM's report on the quality of internet access service for 2024, published today, the national average download speed recorded a value of 446 Mbps, while the national average upload speed reached the value of 385 Mbps for fixed...
2025-07-23
ANCOM proposes to extend access to the "My ANCOM" service to holders of broadcasting licenses
The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) has launched for public consultation a draft decision aimed at extending the use of the electronic service “My ANCOM” to a new category of beneficiaries – holders of broadcasting licenses....
2025-07-21
Over 50 thousand non-compliant radio equipment and devices blocked by ANCOM from entering the Romanian market
In the first half of this year, the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) verified over 700.000 radio equipment and devices intended to be put in use in Romania, coming from outside the EU space. Following these...
2025-07-16
DSA: The European Commission has published its guidelines on the protection of minors online
The Guidelines on the protection of minors online, developed by the European Commission under the Digital Services Act (DSA), set out a non-exhaustive list of proportionate and appropriate measures to protect children from online risks such as grooming, harmful content,...
2025-07-14
Memorandum of Understanding between ANCOM and TRC, the counterpart authority in Jordan
On the occasion of the official visit of the delegation of the Jordanian Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) to Romania, the Memorandum of Understanding between ANCOM and TRC was concluded. The agreement sets out the formal framework for bilateral cooperation on...
2025-07-11
Tarifele mai accesibile de roaming între România și Republica Moldova au generat un trafic record de 1 milion GB în 2024
ANCOM and ANRCETI publishes the joint report on the evolution of the bilateral roaming between Romania and the Republic of Moldova in 2024. The report highlights the significant progress made in the three years of implementation of the Agreement on...