Thursday, September 1, 2011

Romania: Public consultation on amending the National Table for Frequency Allocation

The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) has launched a public consultation on amending the National Table for Frequency Allocation (NTFA), approved by Order of the Minister for Communications and Information Society no.789/2009, with the subsequent amendments.

The aim of this public consultation is to implement the decisions adopted by European Commission, based on Decision 676/2002/EC which provides the legal basis on harmonization of conditions for the availability and efficient use of radio frequencies in the Community. Both decisions, adopted by European Commission during 2010 and 2011, are:
- Decision 2010/368/UE of 30 June 2010 amending Decision 2006/771/EC on harmonisation of the radio spectrum for use by short-range devices
- Decision 2011/251/UE of 18 April 2011 amending Decision 2009/766/EC on the harmonisation of the 900 MHz and 1800 MHz frequency bands for terrestrial systems capable of providing pan-European electronic communications services in the Community

The current draft decision on the one hand transpose into national law the two decisions on the harmonization of radio spectrum. The draft decision also includes other changes NTFA as follows:
- aligning the provisions of NTFA on the use of the band 27.5-29.5 GHz by the Fixed Service and uncoordinated Earth stations of the Fixed-Satellite Service (Earth-to-space), proposed by CEPT Decision ECC / DEC / (05) 01;
- modifying a mistake by omission occurred in the 2234.5 - 2290 MHz frequency band in terms of MMDS systems.

Public consultation was issued 30 of August and period for sending comments is established of only ten days (due date next 9th of September).

Consultative document are available in Romanian language at ANCOM’s website.

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