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

On November 5 - 6, Mr. Iurie Ursu, Deputy Director of the National Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communications and Information Technology (ANRCETI), is taking part in a joint meeting of the Board of RCC Heads of Regional Administrations in the field of communications and the Coordination Council for Informatisation of the CIS member states members of RCC, an event taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan Republic.

The Administrative Board of the National Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communications and Information Technology (ANRCETI - www.anrceti.md) established, through a Decision (doc. in state language), the amount of the regulatory and monitoring fee for 2013, as 0,27% of the revenue generated from electronic communications activities performed by electronic communications networks/service providers.

The National Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communications and Information Technology (ANRCETI) is inviting providers of electronic communications networks and services from the North of Moldova to a seminar scheduled for November 1 in Balti (139, Decebal str., hotel "LIDO", Conference Hall), at 10.30 a.m.  This is the second seminar organized by ANRCETI this year for the purpose of a more efficient dialogue with the electronic communications providers.

From 1 January 2013, providers with significant power on the markets for mobile and fixed call termination in their individual networks are required to continue bringing down the tariffs for termination of local/national calls, originated from other networks. The tariffs will be reduced gradually, every semester (in four stages), so that on July 1, 2014, the tariffs become LRIC-Cost-based (Long-Run Incremental Cost). This obligation is prescribed in the Decisions (docs in state language) of ANRCETI Administrative Board, on modification and additions to its previous decisions of 23.12.2010 on imposing special preventive obligations on SMP providers on the markets for fixed/mobile call termination on individual networks.

Providers of public mobile and fixed networks and services, jointly with centralized database (CDB) administrator, shall ensure the launch of mobile number portability service on May 1, 2013 and the launch of fixed number portability – on July 31, 2013. These terms were set by the Administrative Board of the National Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communications and Information Technology (ANRCETI) in its decision (doc. in state language) approving the Action Plan for number portability implementation in R. Moldova.

The chiefs of regulatory authorities in the field of electronic communications from the Eastern Partnership Countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine) established, on September 11, in Chisinau, the Network of EaP Electronic Communications Regulators and signed a Memorandum of Understanding in this respect.

The National Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communications and Information Techology (ANRCETI) from Moldova and the Communications Regulatory authority from Lithuania signed a Memorandum of Understanding regarding facilitation of cooperation and exchange of information in the field of electronic communications regulation. The document was signed yesterday, September 11, in Chisinau, by Directors Sergiu Sîtnic and Feliksas Dobrovolskis.

The Administrative Board of the National Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communications and Information Technology (ANRCETI) is extending most heartfelt wishes to ANRCETI staff, partners, all employees in electronic communications sector on the upcoming national holiday – Moldova’s Independence Day.

On August 17, 2012, the National Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communications and Information Technology (ANRCETI) rounded 12 years since it was created. In 2000, ANRCETI was one of the first electronic communications regulators created in the CIS region, whereas in 2011 it was entrusted with the mission of being the Coordinator for the creation of the Eastern Partnership Electronic Communications Regulators Network, which confirms the increasing visibility of ANRCETI at regional level, as well as appreciation of its activity by the regulatory authorities from other European countries.

Telecommunications Company „Mediafon” UAB from Lithuania was nominated as winner of the Tender for selection of the centralized data base administrator for the implementation of number portability in the Republic of Moldova. This decision was taken early this week, unanimously, by the members of the Tender Commission, created by ANRCETI.