Cesky Telecom has initiated legal proceedings against the sector regulator (CTU) as the regulator has not enforced compensation to CT for losses incurred through the obligatory provision of universal services (e.g. discounts for disabled people, information services, operation of public payphones, etc.). CFO J. Sedivy said that these losses amount to billions of CZK.
Note that CT should receive compensation from the other domestic operators (incl. mobile) corresponding to their market share. The alternative operators have not agreed on the size of payments though, and have refused to pay them, Czech Press Agency reported. While the dispute over compensation has been around for some time already, CT's chances of winning the case (and collecting the compensation) are far from clear at the moment.
Jitka Oppitzová