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

Statistic al data on the evolution of the fixed voice market in the third quarter of this year, aggregated by the National Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communications and Information Technology (ANRCETI), show that the number of subscribers, voice traffic and sales volume on this market continued its downward trend . The number of subscribers decreased, compared to the end of 2020, by 2.2%) and was estimated at over 1 million, the total volume of voice traffic in fixed networks decreased, compared to the same period of last year, by 17.1 % and totaled over 220 million minutes, whereas the total volume of revenues decreased by 13.3% and was estimated at 79.8 million lei.

The National Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communications and Information Technology (ANRCETI) announces on its official website public consultation of the draft Administrative Board Decision on approving its Program for Regulatory Acts Elaboration in 2022. The public consultation will last through December 24, 2021, which is the deadline for submitting proposals for the consulted document.

The National Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communications and Information Technology has completed the creation of an online application for comparison of mobile service offers https://comparator.anrceti.md, in order to provide users with an independent, fair and non-commercial tool to assists them in selecting the best offer of mobile services for their needs.

In the third quarter of 2021, the mobile voice market increased by 10% in terms of the total number of users, reaching over 4.5 million, compared to number registered at the end of the previous year, while the total volume of traffic generated by them decreased by 1.6% compared to the same period of the previous year, reaching 1 billion 677.2 million minutes. At the same time, the total volume of providers’ revenues increased by 0.1%, compared to the third quarter of 2020, reaching 764.3 million lei.

The National Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communications and Information Technology (ANRCETI) announces a public meeting for Friday, November 19, 2021, at 10.00, to examine and submit for approval two draft decisions: 1) draft decision on ex-ante regulatory measures for the market of traffic transit in public telephone networks (Market 9);

The National Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communications and Information Technology informs the providers of publicly available electronic communications networks and services that the Security and Intelligence Service (SIS) has established, by Order no. 64 of 23.10.2021, the list of online content sources that promote fake information affecting the national security, in emergency situation, which was approved by Parliament Decision no. 148/2021.

The National Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communications and Information Technology (ANRCETI) announces public consultation of draft analysis of the market for traffic transit in public telephone networks (Market 9) and the draft decision on preventive regulatory measures. The deadline for submitting recommendations for the documents under consultation is 15 November 2021.

The National Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communications and Information Technology (ANRCETI) announces, on the official website www.anrceti.md, public consultation of draft Administrative Board Decisions amending two previous Decisions: 1) Decision no. . 24/2016 on approving the Methodology for production costs allocation for reserved and unreserved postal services and 2) Decision no. 25/2016 on approving the Methodology for establishing tariffs for postal services included in the universal postal service. The public consultation will last through November 5, which is the deadline for submitting recommendations on the document.

The Administrative Board of the National Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communications and Information Technology (ANRCETI) announces public meeting to take place on 13.10.2021, at 10.00 a.m., the aim of the meeting is to examine and put forward for approval the draft decision on statistical data reporting by postal service providers. The draft document provides for the approval of two standard forms: the SP-1 Quarterly Statistical Report (Annex 1 pdf xlsx) and the SP-2 Annual Statistical Report (Annex 2 pdf xlsx) of the postal service provider and the Instructions (Annex 3 pdf and Annex 4 pdf) on how to fill in these forms.

In the second quarter of 2021, the total volume of revenues on the market for public electronic communications services (mobile and fixed voice, mobile and fixed broadband, transmission and retransmission of audiovisual programs, other electronic communications activities) increased, compared to similar period last year, by 46.2 million lei (+ 3.2%) to a total of about 1.5 billion lei, shows the Report on the evolution of the electronic communications market in the second quarter of 2021, published on the website of the National Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communications and Information Technology (ANRCETI) www.anrceti.md.