CRA OBLIGES OPERATORS TO IDENTIFY AND BLOCK FAKE SMS (2024 January 6 d.)
The Communications Regulatory Authority (CRA) has ordered mobile operators to follow a procedure that will allow them to identify, flag and stop fraudulent text messages sent by fraudsters.
Guidelines on setting up an internet hotline and ensuring the network integrity were presented to Sakartvelo partners (2019 June 20 d.)
On 18 June 2019, in Tbilisi (Sakartvelo) experts from Lithuania and Croatia conducted seminars for representatives of the Georgian National Communications Commission (GNCC), Ministries, public authorities and electronic communications service providers on the setting up of internet hotline and ensuring network integrity.
Operators continue to apply special conditions for communication with Ukraine (2022 April 4 d.)
As the war in Ukraine continues, Lithuania's major operators continue to actively participate in various initiatives to support Ukraine and people arriving to Lithuania from Ukraine:Refugees from Ukraine can get free SIM cards at all refugee coordination centres in Lithuania or at the operators' customer service desks; Operators do not charge or charge lower tariffs (usually at cost) for international calls and SMS to Ukrainian numbers, outgoing/incoming calls, SMS and internet data for customers in Ukraine.
Congratulations to Tomas Lamanauskas on winning the election for ITU Deputy Secretary-General (2022 September 29 d.)
Today, 29 September, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) elections saw the election of Lithuanian candidate Tomas Lamanauskas as Deputy Secretary-General for the 2023-2026 term.
New EU Twinning project to help Ukraine to improve electronic communications regulatory framewor (2019 November 29 d.)
On November 29, 2019, the Lithuanian-Latvian consortium and the National Commission for the State Regulation of Communications and Informatization (NCCIR) have launched a new EU-funded Twinning Project to improve quality of service and market access in telecommunications in Ukraine.
WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD FOR THE ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS SECTOR? (2023 November 15 d.)
The electronic communications sector is an engine of innovation and progress, where regulation needs to meet its objectives and adapt to market trends, according to the European Commission’s insights from a summary of more than 400 opinions received during the consultation.
Digital solutions to represent Lithuania at the World Summit Awards this year announced (2020 August 5 d.)
Yesterday, on August 4, the final of the competition “New Enlightener 2020“ – Lithuania's national selection to the "World Summit Awards" (WSA) took place.
For the First Time in History: the Online Learning Platform Developed by a Lithuanian Start-up Awarded as the Global Digital Champion (2020 March 18 d.)
In the Global Congress 2020 of the World Summit Awards in Vienna, Lithuanian solutions that got into the Top-40 of the best digital social innovations in the world received the awards - BitDegree (BitDegree, the category of Learning and Education) and ChestEye CAD (Oxipit, the category of Health and Well-Being).
Measures to prevent SMS scams are launched: blocking access to harmful websites (2023 August 1 d.)
In order to combat cyber fraud, the Regulatory Authority for Communications (CRA) has obliged internet service providers to block access to malicious internet resources, which are registered by the National Cyber Security Centre.