Romanian telecom operators revenue grows 14,2% – АNRC

The cumulated turnover of the 987 providers of public electronic communications networks and/or publicly available electronic communications services who had sent their financial statements for 2004 to the National Regulatory Authority for Communications by June 30, 2005, amounted to RON11,239,742,033, i.e. EUR2.773 billion, calculated by the average EUR exchange rate in 2004 (ROL40,532.11). As compared to 2003, when the total turnover reported to ANRC by the providers of electronic communications networks or services reached EUR2.428, in 2004 this turnover increased by 14.2%, apart from the turnovers of the providers who – by June 30, 2005 – had not submitted their financial statements to ANRC.

Based upon the financial statements transmitted to ANRC by June 30, 2005, the Authority calculated the monitoring tariff for 2005 as 0.298% of the 2004 turnover of the providers of public electronic communications networks and/or publicly available electronic communications services. The decisions establishing the monitoring tariff upon the application of this percentage on each provider’s turnover shall be communicated to the providers, who will pay this monitoring tariff in two equal instalments, the first – within 45 days from the date when the decision is communicated, and the second – by December 31, 2005.

The percentage taken into consideration for the calculation of the monitoring tariff is established as a rate between the ANRC expenses provided in the Authority’s budget approved for the current year and the total turnover registered by the providers of electronic communications networks or services in 2004, in inverse ratio to the value of the total turnover. Therefore, when ANRC holds the financial statements of all the providers who have the obligation to pay the monitoring tariff (including those who, by June 30, 2005, had not submitted the financial statements to ANRC), the percentage based on which the monitoring tariff is to be calculated will decrease, taking into account the increase of the calculation base. That is, the monitoring tariff will be re-calculated, resulting in a regularization which adjusts (diminishes) the monitoring tariff owed by the providers of electronic communications networks or services who have already undergone the payment obligation.

The cumulated turnover of the 75 providers of postal services who had transmitted the financial situations to ANRC by June 30, 2005, amounted to RON950,800,028, which – divided by the same average exchange rate for 2004 – results in a total amount of EUR234.5 million. According to the legislation in force, the amount of the tariff owed by the providers of postal services is a fixed one, representing 0.1% of each provider’s turnover for the previous year.