Conditions for the entry to electronic communications market in Montenegro Pavle...

Conditions for the entry to electronic communications market in Montenegro

Pavle Mijušković,B.Sc.E.E. manager for Internet and IP based services

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Contents

• Facts about Montenegro

• Regulatory framework

• Overview of electronic communications market

• Conditions for the entry of new operators

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MontenegroGeographic location Background

• Area : 13,812 km² • Population: 620,029• Number of households: 194,795• GDP : 3,234 million €. • GDP per capita : 5,211 €.

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Regulatory framework

• Law on electronic communications – Adopted in August 2008 – Aligned with the 2002 EU Regulatory Framework

• Independent regulatory authority for electronic communicationsAgency for Electronic Communications and Postal Services

• Preparation of the new Law on electronic communications– Alignment with the 2009 EU Regulatory framework

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Service provision

• Submission of application before the launch of a service;

• Free entry to the Registry of Operators;

• Registered operators: 57

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Market revenue• Market revenue:

– 2009 – 274,817,251 €– 2010 – 275,392,962 €– 2011 – 259,735,951 €

• Crnogorski Telekom, Telenor and Mtel create 93% revenue

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Fixed network

• Operators: 2• Number of fixed lines per 100 inhabitants: 27.6;• Average in EU-27: 40%;• Number of fixed subscriber lines per 100 households: 88.

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Fixed broadband penetration Average EU-27: 27.7%

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Mobile network

• Operators: 3

• GSM/UMTS

• Mobile penetration: 186 %,

• Average in EU-27: 127%

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Mobile broadband penetration Average in EU-27: 8.1%

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Distribution of TV and radio programmes Penetration per household: 63.04%

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M-TEL’s case

• Award of licenses for the provision of mobile services: 21.04.2007

• Launch of the service: 21.07.2007.

• Share in the number of mobile service users at the end of 2007: 26%

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Improvement of conditions for the entry of new operators(1)

• More efficient joint use of infrastructure – Cable ducts– Antenna masts– Buildings/facilities

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Improvement of conditions for the entry of new operators (2)

• Access to local loop– Full access: 3.88 Euro/month (EU27 average = 8.62 € /month)– Shared access: 1.16 Euro/month (EU27 average = 1.82 € /month)

• Leasing of subscriber lines on wholesale level – Retail price of monthly subscription for PSTN – 5%

• Service of wholesale broadband Internet access– Retail price of an ADSL package – 42%

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Improvement of conditions for the entry of new operators (3)

• Reduction of price for IP transit of Crnogorski Telekom– Price reduction in the forthcoming three six-month periods by 20 % each

• Possibility of leased lines resale

• Price reduction of termination on fixed and mobile networks– Fixed network-single transit: 1.07 €cent/min (EU27: 0.66 €cent/min )– Mobile network: 7.06 €cent/min (EU27: 4 €cent/min )

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Improvement of conditions for the entry of new operators (4)

• Number portability– between mobile networks– between fixed networks

• The facility of Carrier Selection/Carrier Pre-selection

• National roaming

• Virtual mobile operators

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Availability of RF for new investments

• Concerning the development of wireless infrastructure in network access segment, the following available resources in Montenegro are radio frequency bands indicated below:

• 410 - 430 MHz• 790 - 862 MHz• 2500 – 2690 MHz• 3410 - 3600 MHz• 3600 – 3800 MHz

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Availability of RF for new investments

• The band of Digital dividend 1 (790-862 MHz) will be available by mid 2015 and in combination with the 2500-2690 MHz band, is an attractive RF resource for the development of LTE/LTE Advanced networks (Long Term Evolution).

• 3410-3600 MHz and 3600-3800 MHz bands, are allocated for the development of BWA (Broadband Wireless Access) systems.

• 410-430 MHz band are allocated implementation of CDMA PAMR systems.

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Availability of RF for new investments

• In addition to already mentioned bands, the 3410-3600 MHz band, or 3600-3800 MHz band, are also interesting, and in Montenegro they are allocated for the development of BWA (Broadband Wireless Access) systems.

• Besides, owing to its propagation characteristics, the available resources in the RF 410-430 MHz band are also attractive for investment and for implementation of CDMA PAMR systems.

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• Achieve mass acceptance of ICT and the Internet and improve digital inclusion and reach the level of:– use of the Internet of 70% by 2014 and 80% by 2016– broadband access - of 25% by 2014 and 40% by 2016

• Raise the possibility of broadband access that is high-speed access by providing a symmetrical, guaranteed access to broadband (agnostic approach) of at least:– 10Mbps for 50% of the population by 2014– 10 Mbps for 100% of the population, and 30Mbps for 50% of the

population by 2016• Provide wide accessibility to the most used electronic services of public

administration, 100 by 2014 and 200 by 2016.

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Strategy for the development of Information Society 2012-2016

Thank you for attention !

pavle.mijuskovic@ekip.meekip@ekip.me www.ekip.me

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