telecom

Romanian Telecom Industry Resists Financial Crisis By Adapting Offers To Clients’ Demands

The Romanian telecom industry managed to successfully resist the financial crisis by adapting offers to clients’ demands and stimulating consumption, which led to an over 30% mobile network traffic increase, telecom regulator ANCOM president Catalin Marinescu said Thursday.

Piaţa de telefonie în an de criză, analizată la Mediafax Talks about Telecom Industry

Strategiile operatorilor de telefonie sub efectul crizei economice şi al concurenţei, precum şi stadiul unor proiecte importante din telecomunicaţii vor fi analizate joi, 26 noiembrie, la conferinţa Mediafax Talks about Telecom Industry.

Romanian Cable Operators Push For Law On Telecom Infrastructure

The Romanian Cable Communications Association urged competent authorities to pass a law on telecom infrastructure, arguing the Romanian cable services industry is "at the beck and call of local authorities and owners of utility poles", which hinders upgrades on the local telecom networks.

Cost Of Roaming Texts, Calls And Data Services In EU To Plummet From 1 July

The European Parliament adopted, on Wednesday, a law package, effective July 1, which will cut the maximum fees collected by mobile operators for text messages and web services while in roaming by 60%.

Navigarea pe internet în roaming, în spaţiul UE, mai ieftină de la 1 iulie

Parlamentul European (PE) a adoptat, miercuri, cu 646 de voturi "pentru" şi 22 "împotrivă", un pachet legislativ care va reduce, la 1 iulie, cu până la 60%, tarifele maxime percepute de operatorii telecom pentru mesaje text şi servicii de internet în regim de roaming.

Romanian Telecom Regulator Should Align Interconnection Fees – Ops

The Romanian National Authority for Communications needs to align the interconnection fees applied by mobile telephony operators to EUR0.0503 / minute come April 1, due to a request issued Thursday by the European Commission, according to Vodafone Romania and Orange Romania.

EU Telecoms Commissioner Offered Romanian Telecom Min Support To Solve Regulator Issue

EU Telecoms Commissioner Viviane Reding spoke Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning on the phone with Romanian communication minister Gabriel Sandu to discuss the EC’s intention to launch an infringement case against Romania and offered support to solve the matter, EC spokesman Martin Selmayr said.

EU Telecoms Commissioner Proposes Infringement Against Romania Over Telcom Regulator

EU Telecoms Commissioner Viviane Reding will propose to the European Commission this week the launch of infringement procedures against Romania for state interference into the independence of the national telecom regulator.

Romanian Telecom Data To Be Recorded Come Wednesday, Norms Pending

The draft norm setting the methodological norms to the law on the recording of data generated or processed by communication suppliers will be put up for public debate Wednesday, January 21, when the law comes into force, the Ministry of Communications said Tuesday.

Competition To Sharpen On Romanian Telecom Mkt In ’09 – Report

The competition between economic operators in Romania will intensify in 2009, with companies focusing on keeping their customers, according to the report "TMT Predictions (telecom, media, technology) for 2009," published by audit company Deloitte.

Clienţii vor putea solicita operatorilor telecom deblocarea terminalelor

Operatorii de telecomunicaţii vor avea obligaţia de a asigura, la cererea utilizatorilor, deblocarea oricărui terminal achiziţionat împreună cu serviciile de comunicaţii şi codat pentru a funcţiona numai în reţeaua unui anumit furnizor, potrivit unui proiect de decizie al ANC.

Romanian Telecom Ops To Work With Authorities, Supply Communications Data

Romanian electronic communications companies are obligated to store, over six months, certain data regarding telephone calls, written messages or e-mails, which could be accessed by the Ministry of Interior, prosecutors, and intelligence structures, on request.

Romanian Telecom Unaffected By Intl Fin Crisis, To Grow By Up To 10% In ‘09– Comm Authority Head

The international financial crisis will not affect the Romanian telecom and related services market, that will register a growth rate of up to 10% in 2009, compared with over 10% this year, Liviu Nistoran, head of National Communication Authority, staid Wednesday.

Fin Crisis To Affect Telecom Indus Less Than Bk Sector – Vodafone

The international financial crisis will affect the entire economy, and the telecom market as well, but the impact on the telecom industry will be lower than that on the banking sector, Vodafone Romania's general manager Liliana Solomon said Wednesday.

Vodafone: Criza financiară va afecta industria telecom

Criza financiară va afecta toate industriile unei economii naţionale şi, implicit, piaţa telecomunicaţiilor, dar impactul va fi mai redus comparativ cu sectorul financiar-bancar, a declarat, miercuri, directorul general al Vodafone România, Liliana Solomon.

Cetăţenii UE ar putea plăti şi pentru apelurile primite pe mobil

Comisarul european pentru Telecomunicaţii, Viviane Reding, ar putea propune ca utilizatorii de telefonie mobilă să plătească şi pentru apelurile primite, nu numai pentru cele transmise, dacă se dovedeşte că o astfel de măsură ar scădea valoarea facturii plătite de clienţi către operatori.

Operatorii de telefonie: Taxele pentru noile licenţe telecom trebuiau fixate prin licitaţie

Taxele de licenţă pentru utilizarea spectrului de frecvenţe radio ar fi trebuit stabilite prin licitaţie, decizia autorităţilor de a impune un tarif fix nefiind în concordanţă cu practicile întâlnite în alte state din Uniunea Europeană, potrivit operatorilor de telefonie mobilă.

France Telecom, Sagem şi Thomson vor să concureze Microsoft în domeniul aplicaţiilor IT

Companiile franceze France Telecom, Sagem şi Thomson au format o companie mixtă în domeniul aplicaţiilor informatice destinate Internetului, pentru a concura grupul Microsoft.

Romania To Introduce Pan-European Call Numbers For Social Services

Romania’s communication and information technology regulator ANRCTI published for consultation a draft on the allocation of six-digit phone numbers for information and social services.