The use of fixed internet at home was divided into four categories: information, communication, entertainment and electronic transactions.
At the same time, 75% of the respondents use the fixed internet for communication with family and friends by instant messaging and 71% by e-mail, according to the study.
Entertainment ranks third by the preference of users of fixed internet at home, according to 61% of the respondents, who watch TV programs, videos or movies online, while 52% play online games.
The study shows that less Romanians use fixed internet to shop online (39%), to make banking transactions and pay bills via Internet Banking (22%).
Romanians use fixed internet at home approximately 24 days a month, according to ANCOM. Almost three quarters of the respondents access the internet daily or almost daily (90% of people aged between 16 and 24), while 16% use the fixed internet at home 2-3 times a week, and 4% of the respondents use it once a week.
Romanians prefer to access fixed internet at home on a personal computer (72%), followed by notebooks (61%), smartphones (43%), tablets (32%), Smart TVs (9%).
Telecom market regulator ANCOM polled 1,469 Romanian fixed internet users between October-November 2014.