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

The Administrative Board of the National Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communications and Information Technology (ANRCETI) issued a number of decisions to abrogate the documents, under which numbering resources were previously assigned to three providers ("TECHNOBRIDGE M", "SWS SOFT" "ITSC INT "), for the reason that none of the allocated numbering resources had been used for at least 12 months continuously, this being a breach of Art. 31 (3) f) of the Electronic Communications Law.

As regards "TECHNOBRIDGE M" Ltd., the Administrative Board abrogated its decision to award the "805 000 - 805 999" number block for local fixed line services, issued on 24.10.2007. In relation to the other two companies, the Board abrogated the license issued to "SWS Soft" LLC on 13/04/2012 (for the use of 022 "900 000 - 900 999" number block for local fixed line services) and the license issued to "ITSC INT" SRL on 18.08 .2011 (for the use of location-independent number block "30 100 000 - 30 100 999").

While monitoring the compliance of providers with the rules for the use of numbering resources, prescribed by regulatory acts, ANRCETI found that the three providers failed to exploit the numbering resources assigned in 2007 - 2012, though the Procedure for Numbering Resources Management requires activation of such resources within maximum one year after allocation.

Prior to issuing abrogation decisions, ANRCETI required that the three providers activate the 0%-usage numbers, before July 1, 2014. The providers failed to fulfill the prescription, ANRCETI acted as required by law, with the view of ensuring the efficient use of scarce state resources. Thus, as a result, the numbering resources became available for allocation to other providers of electronic communications networks and services.

According to the Law on Electronic Communications, numbering resources are scarce resources under public property. They are assigned by ANRCETI, upon request, to providers of electronic communications networks/services by issuing licenses for these resources.

July 4, 2014