The regulator said its decision comes after receiving a favourable response from the European Commission at the end of 2015, through which the latter confirms the conclusions of the regulator’s analysis which showed that Romania’s retail market of services for access to fixed broadband internet is one of the most competitive in Europe, which means there is no need for any regulatory measures.
The Commission supports the regulator’s conclusions regarding the fact that the national circumstances of the Romanian market of services for access to infrastructure elements differ significantly from those in other EU member states. The Romanian retail market of services for access to fixed broadband internet boasts a very dynamic competitive environment based on the highest level of competition in what concerns the infrastructures in all EU member states, with some of the highest average speeds of broadband internet connection (over 60% of access connections allow speeds of at least 30Mbps), at prices ranking next to last in the EU.
According to ANCOM, Romania becomes the only EU member state to eliminate any regulatory measure concerning the infrastructure for access to end-users with a view to providing services for access to non-guaranteed broadband internet, given that the retail market operates efficiently on its own.