The average value of the bills for the mobile phone last year was 54 lei for private individuals, by 6 lei less than in 2012. Legal entities paid 174 lei on average, by 30 lei less, IPN reports.

Director of the National Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communications and Information Technology Grigore Varanita said the reduction was possible following the rise in the number of users of mobile phone services by 350,000. The volume of minutes traffic rose by over half a billion.

The bills for fixed-line phone services were also lower. The private individuals paid 46 lei, by 9 lei less than in 2012, while the legal entities - 126 lei, down 18 lei. The decrease is due to the fact that the alternative fixed-line phone operators had more advantageous offers than the national carrier. In some of the cases, there were provided even free services and the number of customers increased thus.

As regards the Internet services, the dedicated mobile Internet bills fell by 34 lei, the average being l18 lei. The pay television bills also decreased, by 3 lei on 2012, to 59 lei. Only the fixed broadband Internet access services rose by 20 lei for private individuals and by 70 lei for legal entities, to 152 and 683 lei respectively.

Grigore Varanita said the bills for electronic communications services will continue to decrease owing to the appearance of alternative operators that have an active marketing policy and offer more attractive packages to customers.