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

The statistical data on the evolution of the mobile voice market in January - September 2018 shows that the downward trend of the main indicators is maintained on this market. So, compared to the same period of last year, in nine months the volume of voice traffic dropped by 8,2 million minutes (-0,6%) and was estimated at 4 billion 612,3 million minutes, the number of users decreased by more than 96 thousand (-2,2%) compared to the fourth quarter of 2017 and reached about 4 million 363,8 thousand (SIM cards), while the total volume of revenues decreased by 147,4 million lei (-5,8%) and reached over 2 billion 372 million lei. As a result, the average monthly revenue per user (ARPU) decreased by 2,3% and became 72,9 lei. The ARPU of Moldtelecom was 85 lei, Orange Moldova – 77,2 lei and Moldcell – of 63,6 lei.

The Administrative Board of the National Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communications and Information Technology (ANRCETI), in the public meeting on Friday, November 23, 2018, approved: 1) Decision regarding the amendments of the Regulation on identification and analysis of relevant markets in the field of electronic communications and the designation of providers of electronic communications networks and/or services with significant market power on these markets; and 2) Decision regarding the amendments to the Procedure of transfer or lease of rights to use limited resources.

ANRCETI informs end-users of mobile telephony services that on December 1, 2018, they will be able to make free calls to Romania. The decision was agreed today, following the discussions held during the working session of ANRCETI management with the providers of mobile telephony services in our country: Orange Moldova, Moldocell and Moldtelecom-Unite.

ANRCETI published today on the official website information regarding the quality parameters of mobile telephony services, fixed telephony, internet access and pay-TV, measured by the providers of these services in the third-quarter of this year and ANRCETI Report regarding the results of the monitoring of the concerned parameters.

On November 21, 2018, the Director of the National Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communications and Information Technology (ANRCETI), Octavian Rău and a group of specialists from the Authority take part in the Plenary Assembly of the Network of Electronic Communications Regulators within from Eastern Partnership countries (EaPeReg). The event takes place in Vilnius, Lithuania, with the support of the European Commission (EC) and the Regulatory Authority for Communications (RRT) of Lithuania.

This week, ANRCETI Director takes part within the delegation of the Republic of Moldova in the plenipotentiary conference of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), which is being held in Dubai, during the period 29.10.2018 - 16.11.2018.

On Monday, October 29, Octavian Rau, Director of the National Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communications and Information Technology (ANRCETI) had a meeting with the representatives of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to identify possibilities for cooperation with the EBRD in the field of electronic communications. Vitalie Tarlev, State Secretary at the Ministry of Economy and Infrastructure of the Republic of Moldova also took part in the meeting.

In the second quarter of 2018, the cumulative volume of revenues generated from activities in electronic communications sector (mobile and fixed telephony, mobile and fixed Internet, transmission and retransmission of audiovisual programs and other electronic communications activities) slightly dropped compared with the same period of last year, by 0,5%, making a total of 1 billion 643 million lei, shows the Report on the evolution of the electronic communications market in the second quarter of 2018, published on the official website of the National Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communications and Information Technology (ANRCETI).

Statistical data on the evolution of the pay TV market (cable and IPTV), aggregated by the National Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communications and Information Technology (ANRCETI) in the first half of 2018, show that the main indicators of this market have declined. Thus, the number of pay TV subscribers dropped by 5,8 thousand (-1,8%), compared to the end of 2017 and totaled 317,9 thousand, and the revenues from these services decreased by 1,9 million lei (-2,3%) to a total of 78 million 704,7 thousand lei.

The National Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communications and Information Technology (ANRCETI) announces the extension of the term of investigating market demand for radio spectrum resources available for public electronic communications networks, announced on its website on August 21. September 28, 2018 is the deadline for notifying the regulator about the interest to participate (or not participate) in an eventual auction to for the allocation of those resources.