PRESENTER : Kosta Trpkovski Slo-Mac Business forum, Ohrid, September, 07-10th 2006 MACEDONIA...

Slo-Mac Business forum, Ohrid, September, 07-10th 2006

MACEDONIA

PRESENTER :

Kosta Trpkovski

Electronic communications market liberalization

in the Republic of Macedonia

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A new electronic communications law, adopted in March 2005

Directions of a new regulatory framework of European Commission 2002 followed

TAIEX project for checking the law compliant with EU directives

Agency for Electronic Communications

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Independent and non-profit legal body with public authorities

President and Commissioners are nominated by the Parliament

Director nominated by the Commission thru public tender

Official beginning at 1st of July 2005


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Adopted by-laws (1/3)

a. TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Electronic communications networks and services- Procedure of Notification- Guideline on technical and financial information that

should be reported to the AgencyCompetition:

- Decision of determination the relevant markets- Interconnection- Carrier selection and pre-selection- Unbundling the local loop (ULL)- Access to and use of specific network facilities - Minimum set of leased lines- Accounting separation of SMP operator

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a. TELECOMMUNICATIONS (cont.)Numbering:

- Numbering plan- Numbering usage fees

Universal Service:- Directory enquiry services- QoS parameters for Universal Service

User rights protection:- General conditions for providing public services,tariffs and QoS parameters

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TOTAL: 28 by-laws


b.RADIOCOMMUNICATIONSRadiofrequencies

Allocation PlanRadiofrequencies feesRegister of assigned

frequenciesAuthorization-free

frequenciesc. SUPERVISION

Inspector’s identificationProcedure and conditions for keeping the seized equipmentContent and form of sealing the working premises

or communication equipment

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• All by-laws are adopted respecting the main principles:

Open public consultation Transparency Technical neutrality Non-discrimination Electronic communications services consumer rights

protection Efficient use of scarce resources (numbering and spectrum) All by-laws are on www.aec.mk and published in the

“Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia”

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•One of the cases which shows the transparency of the Agency:

In July 2006 the Agency issued Guide-line for assigning the frequencies in the band of 3.4-3.6 GHz for broadband fixed wireless access (WiMAX)

After public consultation which is running these days, in October 2006 the Agency will start the procedure for assigning the frequencies for WiMAX through public tender

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Notification for public electronic communications network operators and service providers

General Authorization - Instead of individual license regime

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8 1220 26 31

4050 55 60

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129 131 135

413 18 20 22 28 31 38 38 40 43 43 44

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Total: 135 network operators and 44 service providers

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FixedTelephoneNetworkMobileNetwork

DataNetwork

Cable TVNetwork

RadioNetwork


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RIO - Referent Interconnection Offer

Approved by the Agency in February 2006Zonal model is used - Three regional zones:

Skopje with Point of Presence (PoP) in Transit Switch (TS) Skopje“East zone” with Point of Presence (PoP) in Transit Switch (TS) Stip“West zone” with Point of Presence (PoP) in Transit Switch (TS) Bitola

- Local interconnection:

15 primary zonesall larger cities in Republic of Macedonia are offered for local interconnection comparable sized primary zones

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RIO - Referent Interconnection Offer(cont.)

Amended in July 2006- subject of further analysis by the Agency- cost model for interconnection prices

- procedures for interconnection

3 operators are currently in a the procedure for interconnection with MakTel:

- On-net- Akton- Nextcom

Carrier Selection (CS)/Carrier Pre-Selection (CPS)- included in RIO- the Agency had issued decision for reservation of CS - code 1010 to 1 operator (On-net)

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RIO prices

Call set-up fee Price per minute for traffic

peak-on08:00-20:00

Denars

peak-off20:00-08:00

Denars

peak-on08:00-20:00

Denars

peak-off20:00-08:00

Denars

peak-onEuros

peak-offEuros

Local origination of the call0,13

0.08 1.43 0.82 0.023 0.013

Regional origination of the call

0.16 0.09 1.72 0.98 0.028 0.016

Local termination of the call 0.13 0.08 1.30 0.75 0.021 0.012

Regional termination of the call

0.16 0.09 1.56 0.89 0.025 0.014

National termination of the call

0.22 0.13 2.12 1.21 0.034 0.020

RIO prices

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RUO - Referent Unbundling Offer

Approved by the Agency in April 2006Types of LLU offered by RUO:

- Full local loop unbundled- Shared local loop (Platform for Broadband services)

Types of collocation- Physical- Distant

Implementation on the whole territory of the Republic of Macedonia, according to the numbering geographical areas defined by the Numbering Plan

All 341 MDFs offered for implementation in 8 quartersMakTel issues a “List of equipment enabled to be connected to its network” and keeps it updated on-line

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• Referent Unbundling Offer (RUO) (cont.)

Monthly rental prices for LLU were established on benchmarking and are the LOWEST compared with other countries of the region:– LLU-Full unbundling 703, 00 denars (11.43 Euros)– LLU-Shared access 351,50 denars (5.715 Euros)

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• Mobile network operators:

2 GSM operators (900 MHz) 100% coverage of the territory about 1.300.000 subscribers of which 85%

are pre-paid subscribers

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• Retail mobile tariffs

Low usage mobile basket: 7,37 EUR (453,2 MKD)

Medium usage mobile basket: 18,23 EUR (1.121,1 MKD)

High usage mobile basket: 36,88 EUR (2.268,1 MKD)

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Mobile termination feesFix-to-Mobile Peak: 12,26 Eurocents/minFix-to-Mobile Off-Peak: 4,9 Eurocents/minFix-to-Mobile Blended: 10,73 Eurocents/minMobile-to-Mobile Peak: 12,68 Eurocents/minMobile-to-Mobile Off-Peak: 4,71 Eurocents/minMobile-to-Mobile Blended: 9,55 Eurocents/min

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• VoIP providers

Access into subscriber stage of the local switch The provider of public voice services via packet

switched network may conclude an agreement with an operator on commercial basis

0800 9abcd (green number) The Agency has assigned 32 green numbers for

VoIP providers 22 agreements for access between MakTel and

VoIP providers

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Price comparison in Denars/min (incl. 18%VAT)

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Serbia Bulgaria Albania Greece UK USA Swiss

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MT fixed network

MT planet

UnetTel

KOMTELcom

Deltathree

Ozone

Nextel

* Prices are taken from the official web-sites of the service providers** 1 Euro = 61.5 Denars

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MT prices in denars/min

17.7 17.7 17.7 17.7

29.5

22.42

29.5

15.34 15.34 15.34 15.34

20.0617.7

20.06

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Serbia Bulgaria Albania Greece UK USA Swiss

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МТ period 01/06

МТ period 09/06

1 Euro = 61.5 Denars

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Number Portability (NP)

In phase of preparing the by-law documentDead-line for implementation March 2007Agency prepares market analysis and benefits from NP on the marketCentral Data Base for ported numbers would be managed by the Agency

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THANK YOUFOR

YOUR ATTENTION!

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