National Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communications and Information Technology of the Republic of Moldova

General authorization is a legal regime applicable to the provision of public electronic communications networks and services, which determines the rights and obligations for providers of all types of networks or services. ANRCETI started to apply the new procedure on September 15, 2008, as the clauses of Chapter IV of the Law on Electronic Communications no.241 of 15.11.2007 entered in force. The procedure is set by the aforementioned law and also by the Regulations on General Authorization Regime and License Issuance for Use of Limited Resources for Provision of Public Electronic Communications Networks and Services, approved by ANRCETI Administrative Board Decision no. 10 of 28.08.2008 and published in the „Official Gazette of the Republic of Moldova” on 16.09.2008.

According to the Regulations, the general authorization regime is applicable to the following types of public networks: fixed terrestrial, mobile terrestrial, satellite and to the types of services as follows: telephony, leased lines, data transmission, Internet access, professional mobile radio communications, radio messages, audiovisual programs.

In order to apply for general authorization, a natural or legal person, intending to provide public electronic communications networks or services, needs to submit a notification to ANRCETI about this intention at least 7 days before starting the provision. The notification is a standard form to be filled in with the data strictly necessary for the identification of the provider and another form to be filled in with an abstract description of the network or service intended for provision. The standard forms are available on ANRCETI Web page, www.anrceti.md, in „General Authorization” – „Forms” section.

The notification and the form can be delivered to ANRCETI in two ways: a) by submitting personally or through a legal representative of the provider or person intending to provide public electronic communications networks and/or services, under signature; b) by registered mailing with return receipt to confirm delivery; c) by an electronic entry, signed with an authentic digital signature, based on a public key certificate, unsuspended and unrecalled at the moment of signature.

The Agency, in maximum 7 days from the date the notification was submitted, shall provide the applicant with the general authorization conditions and an informative declaration to confirm notification receipt and his being registered in the Public Register of Providers of Electronic Communications Networks and Services. Within the same timeframe the applicant shall start being considered provider of public networks or services, as shown in the notification, thus obtaining the specific rights and obligations set forth in the general authorization and the Law on Electronic Communications.

The general authorization is not time-limited. ANRCETI performs all the procedures related to the general authorization regime, including the entry in the Public Register of Providers of Electronic Communications Networks and Services free of charge.