Cesky Telecom: The Antimonopoly Authority has fined CT CZK 205mn for abusing its dominant position on the market. CT offered fixed payment tariffs with free minutes to discourage customers from changing operators, according to the Antimonopoly Authority. We believe that CT has been creating provisions for potential fines. At the same time, CT plans to appeal against the decision.
Cesky Telecom: Eurotel launched today, 1 December, commercial operation of UMTS, the only complex 3rd generation network in the Czech Republic. UMTS enables data, voice, video and multimedia services. Eurotel intends to gain about 100k UMTS customers next year.