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

The number of providers who measured and reported to the National Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communications and Information Technology (ANRCETI) the values of quality parameters for electronic communications services in the qtr. IV of 2016 decreased by 7%, i.e. 142 providers. These data are included in the Report on the results of monitoring quality parameters recorded during the mentioned period and in the information on the measured values of these parameters, published on ANRCETI website, Quality of Service section.

The published data include measurements of quality parameters for four types of services: fixed telephony, Internet access, mobile telephony and television. The obligation to measure, publish and submit to ANRCETI the mentioned parameter was required by ANRCETI Administrative Board Decision no. 278 of 17.11.2009, establishing quality parameters for the four public electronic communications services, as subsequently amended and supplemented.

According to the quarterly report, in the qtr. IV of 2016, 142 providers out of 157 required to measure and present the quality of service parameters met this requirement, 30 – published the measured parameters on their own web pages and 11 – failed to meet the obligation. Most of the latter are mobile service and cable television providers.

The authors of the report note that ANRCETI will start, under the law, the procedure to sanctioning the providers failing to comply with the obligations set out in Decision no. 278 of 17.11.2009. The list of providers who submitted the information and those who did not are included in Annex to the Report.

February 8, 2017