The ministry owns 75% of Posta Romana, the national postal company; 44.99% of telecom operator Romtelecom; and 100% of SNR, the national radio broadcasting company. Romfilatelia, the national stamp issuer, is wholly owned by Posta Romana.
Also, the ministry controls the National Information Society Management Center (CNMSI), the “Romania Digitala” National Center (CNRD), the National Institute for IT Research and Development (ICI) and the National Institute for Communications Studies and Research (INSCC).
Controlled by Greek group OTE, Romtelecom is the local market’s largest landline telephony operator.
With EUR29 million in losses in 2010, Posta Romana is the largest local postal company. It has 34,000 employees and around 7,100 postal offices. According to the minister, November was Posta Romana’s fourth consecutive month in the black, with profit around EUR1 million.
Set up in 1991, through the reorganization of Rom Post Telecom, SNR is Romania’s main provider of radio communication services.