In 2012, ANCOM will hold auctions to award licenses for 800 MHz and 2,600 MHz frequency bands, will draw up a strategy on using frequency bands of over 40 GHz and will update the National Chart Awarding Frequency Bands (TNABF), the institution said in a press release Thursday.
ANCOM presented Thursday the propositions included in its 2012 action plan.
According to the plan, the institution aims to amend radio spectrum legislation, revising the procedure to request and issue radio frequency licenses.
It plans to draw up guidelines meant to help telecom operators implement new regulations in the field, reads the press release.
The institution wants to launch two web applications enabling users to compare telecom offers and measure technical specifications regarding the quality of Internet services. It also wants to set quality parameters regarding the retransmission of audio-visual programs.
ANCOM president Catalin Marinescu said last week the auction for the first 4G Long Term Evolution (4G LTE) communications licenses will end sometime around the end of next year and the technology will be implemented in Romania in 2013.
“The European Commission insists on shifting from analogue television to digital television. The transition will make available the frequencies needed to implement the LTE technology,” according to Marinescu.
In 2012, Romania will be ready to hold the first 2.6 GHz LTE frequency auctions, Marinescu said, adding he hopes auctions will end by the end of 2012 so Romania will implement the technology in 2013.