Press Releases
2008-05-08
2.1 Million Broadband Internet Dedicated Access Connections as of End-2007
“The Romanian communications market keeps growing at a high and constant pace, and the increases registered in 2007 in all its segments are a proof in this regard. The total number of Internet access connections reached almost 5.8 million, registering...
2008-05-07
ANRCTI Designated the Winners of the Last Tender for the Installation of Telecentres
Four providers of electronic communications services won the tender for the installation of telecentres in 172 localities of the rural area, with limited or without access to telephone and Internet services. The winners of this last tender organised by ANRCTI...
2008-04-23
May 3rd – Start of Prefix-Dialling for All Fixed Telephone Numbers
Starting from May 3rd, 2008, Romania will complete the final stages of closing the National Numbering Plan (PNN), i.e. all the numbers, may they be local or national, shall be dialled using a prefix (national prefix ”0” + the geographic...
2008-04-23
ANRCTI Opens for Allocation Short Geographic Numbers for Local General Interest Services
The National Regulatory Authority for Communications and Information Technology has announced today that starting May 12, 2008 shall allot to the telephone service providers short geographic numbers in the 0Z = 03 domain for local general interest services, more precisely,...
2008-04-16
Starting May 5, 2008, the Central Database for the Implementation of Number Portability in Romania Will Be Available for the Operators’ Tests
On April 16, 2008, at the ANRCTI headquarters, the Authority’s representatives and specialists of UTI Systems met the operators of fixed and mobile telephone services, informing them on the completion of the central database for the implementation of number portability....
2008-04-10
ANRCTI Will Accredit Electronic Archive Administrators
The National Regulatory Authority for Communications and Information Technology (ANRCTI) has launched today, April 10, 2008, the public consultation regarding the draft decision on the technical and methodological rules for the enforcement of Law no.135/2007 for electronic archiving. The decision...
2008-04-10
ANRCTI Organises a New Examination Session for the Achievement of the Radioamateur Certificate
The National Regulatory Authority for Communications and Information Technology, by means of its territorial branches of Bucharest, Cluj, Iasi and Timisoara, organises between April 12 and May 15, 2008 the ordinary examination session in view of achieving the radioamateur certificate...
2008-04-08
Final Debate on the Regulatory Strategy for the Romanian Electronic Communications Sector for the Next Three Years
Today, April 8, 2008, the National Regulatory Authority for Communications and Information Technology (ANRCTI) held the Consultative Council, during which the Position Paper on the Regulatory Strategy For the Romanian Electronic Communications Sector for 2007-2010, ANRCTI Action Plan for 2008...
2008-04-01
ANRCTI Proposes to Update the List of the Providers with Significant Power on the Markets of Fixed Call Termination on the Public Telephone Networks
Taking into consideration the comments received following the consultation procedure carried during January 22 and February 22, 2008 on the draft measures of the National Regulatory Authority for Communications and Information Technology (ANRCTI) for the identification, analysis and regulation of...
2008-03-28
ANRCTI to Grant a New Mobile Communications Licence
Today, March 28, 2008, the Decision of the President of the National Regulatory Authority for Communications and Information Technology no.241/2008 on the procedure of granting a new licence for the use of radio frequencies with a view to provide mobile...
2008-03-28
ANRCTI established Interconnection Tariffs Upheld
The maximum interconnection tariff to be charged by Vodafone in 2008 shall be the one established by the Decision of the President of the National Regulatory Authority for Communications no. 4774/2006, respectively 6.40 eurocents/minute, VAT excluded. Romtelecom contested the Decision...
2008-03-26
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Primele cinci telecentre instalate în cadrul programului national pentru serviciu universal desfasurat în comunitatile cu acces limitat la serviciile de telefonie si internet au împlinit trei ani de functionare, urmând a fi preluate pentru administrare de catre autoritatile locale. Satul...
2008-03-19
ANRCTI Received 6 Offers for the Installation of Telecentres in 172 Localities
Today, March 19, 2008, at the headquarters of the National Regulatory Authority for Communications and Information Technology (ANRCTI) the offers for the installation of telecentres in 172 rural localities have been opened, following the tender organised by ANRCTI in December...
2008-03-19
Financing for 112
Yesterday, the Romanian Government has approved the Emergency Ordinance on the organisation and functioning of the National Unique System for Emergency Calls (SNUAU). This document establishes the responsibilities of the National Regulatory Authority for Communications and Information Technology (ANRCTI), of...
2008-03-13
EU Commissioner Viviane Reding welcomes the low level of mobile termination rates in Romania, which are to reach 5.03 €cents on January 1st, 2009, and calls for stronger coordination among regulators in Europe on such issues
The President of the National Regulatory Authority for Communications and Information Technology (ANRCTI), Dan Georgescu, and the Vice-President, Alexandrina Hirtan welcomed today, March 13, 2008, at the ANRCTI headquarters, the European Commissioner for Information Society and Media, Viviane Reding. During...
2008-03-12
ANRCTI Imposed the First Fine for Unrequested Commercial Messages Sent via E-mail
ANRCTI enforced the first fine for sending unrequested commercial messages, following an inquiry which revealed that the subject had not obtained the addressees’ consent for sending such a communication (spam). The inquiry was initiated upon receiving a complaint, at the...
2008-03-11
ANRCTI Will Monitor Compliance with the EU Regulations in the Romanian Electronic Communications Sector
Today, March 11, 2008, ANRCTI has launched for public consultation, on the Authority’s website, the draft ordinance amending and completing the Government Emergency Ordinance no. 79/2002 on the general regulatory framework for communications. The main goal of this draft emergency...
2008-03-05
Mobile Television – the New Revolution in the Romanian IT&C Sector
This was one of the main topics debated together with the representatives of the National Regulatory Authority for Communications and Information Technology during the seminar held on the occasion of Romania’s Day at CeBIT 2008, in Hannover. “The National Regulatory...
2008-03-04
ANRCTI Proposes an Integrated Procedure for the Allocation and Use of Certain Codes, Indicatives and Routing Numbers
ANRCTI launches the public consultation on the draft Decision of the President of the National Regulatory Authority for Communications and Information Technology on the allocation and use of technical resources. The draft decision establishes the procedure for the allocation and...
2008-02-28
ANRCTI Will Grant Licences for the Use of WiMAX-compatible Frequencies
Yesterday, the Government of Romania approved the Emergency Ordinance regulating the spectrum reorganisation in the 3600 – 3800 MHz band, in view of providing for the implementation of BWA (Broadband Wireless Access) systems at a national level. According to this...