ZAGREB, May 17 (Hina) - Keeping the telecommunication infrastructure under government control is of general interest and crucial importance so that the infrastructure could be used by all operators, Transport Minister Bozidar Kalmeta
said at a government session on Wednesday reporting about a new legal consultant for the issue of ownership over telecommunication-distribution cables.
ZAGREB, May 17 (Hina) - Keeping the telecommunication
infrastructure under government control is of general interest and crucial
importance so that the infrastructure could be used by all operators, Transport
Minister Bozidar Kalmeta said at a government session on Wednesday reporting
about a new legal consultant for the issue of ownership over
telecommunication-distribution cables. Of six interested consulting
agencies, White & Case was suggested as the best choice and the agency is
expected to give its opinion within 60 days, Kalmeta said.
He added that the government and the Telecommunications Agency would
agree on models of management of telecommunication-distribution cables.
The minister said that the government had liberalised to the maximum
the telecommunications market, with 17 fixed telephony operators, of which five
are active, and three mobile operators.
This has led to a 6-22 percent drop in prices of fixed telephony
services and to up to a 50 percent drop in mobile operators' prices.