Thursday, September 21, 2006, during a press conference held in Alba Iulia, the President of the National Regulatory Authority for Communications (ANRC), Mr. Dan Cristian Georgescu, and the ANRC Vice-President, Ms. Alexandrina Hirtan, announced that the providers of electronic communications and of postal services will soon benefit from simpler market entry rules. Prior to the meeting with the local mass media, the ANRC management met more than 70 industry representatives in North-Western Romania.

If, so far, an electronic communications provider had to wait 7 days before starting its activity as an authorised provider, the coming into force of Government Emergency Ordinance on the amendment and completion of certain normative acts in the field of electronic communications and of postal services, enables any person or company to start effective operation once the notification has been sent to ANRC. This procedure will also be available for the providers of postal services. The normative act has been adopted by the Government on September 13, 2006, and is to be published by the end of the month.