Telecommunications Reform & Privatization Project

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The Telecommunications Reform and Privatization Project are: (a) to assist Romania in reforming the telecommunications sector, including privatization of existing public sector telecommunications facilities; (b) to provide the necessary infrastructure to enable General Inspectorate of Communications (GIC) to maximize the productive use of the radio frequency spectrum and to improve frequency assignment criteria for further expansion of wireless communications service provision by the private sector; and (c) to support GIC in performing regulatory functions over all networks and services in the telecommunications sector. The design and implementation of the sector reform component comprises (i) the development of policy, legal and regulatory frameworks and (ii) the privatization of Rom Telecom. The regulatory agency development component will focus on the development of GIC into a full fledged regulatory body for the telecommunication sector, including modernization of its infrastructure for radio spectrum management and monitoring.