Romania's Communications Ministry Alexandru Petrescu (photo) told local news agency Mediafax in an interview that the telecommunications authority Ancom will hold the 5G radio spectrum auction at the end of 2019, according Telecompaper. Petrescu also said that local operators' complainants in relation to the government ordinance no. 114's provisions can be solved through negotiations and were discussed with each company in part. He added that it's likely the normative act will undergo some changes. Some are operators considering not taking part in the 5G tender due to the government ordinance.
At the end of January, Romanian operators Orange, Vodafone and Telekom warned the government in a letter that its recent ordinance that increases the telecom regulatory fee violates EU law and "will make it impossible to implement new technologies."
