罗马尼亚通信市场分析解析.pdf

ROMANIA INTRODUCTION The electronic communications market is still at an early stage of development in Romania, following the liberalisation of the market in 2003. However, the trends identified in previous years have continued in 2008, in particular in terms of growth of the mobile and broadband markets. These positive trends have mainly been driven by market forces. Some of the measures taken so far by the National Regulatory Authority, such as reducing termination rates, have also supported the development of the market. However, there have been no significant government measures, such as a national broadband strategy, to provide guidance and support to the market players and to overcome the obstacles due to low penetration of PCs, lack of connections at a fixed location and low income levels87. Romania still has the lowest fixed line and one of the lowest broadband penetration rates in the EU-27. The late take-up of broadband is reflected in usage of online services, for which Romania is one of the lowest ranking countries. Nevertheless the new CDMA licence which has been granted to the fixed incumbent and the opening of the spectrum for Wi-Max communications might provide the basis to close the rural gap. There is a strong preference in the Romanian electronic communications market for bundled services, which include four- play offers. Access to infrastructure bottlenecks is still limited in Romania; however there are signs of significant platform competition. Only one market analysis has been notified to the Commission in 2008. Ensuring the provision of universal service is a task which is yet to be completed by the Romanian authorities and no substantial progress can be reported within the last year, a