After several months of disputes between alternative domestic fixed-line and mobile operators, several fixed-line carriers have filed a joint complaint with the Anti-Monopoly Office (AMO) about fixed-to-mobile interconnections fees, the Czech Press Agency reported yesterday. Fixed-line carriers claims that the current fee of CZK 3.66 per minute for fixed-to-mobile calls, set by the telecom-sector regulator and defended by mobile operators, is too high and limits competition (i.e., is unfairly advantageous to mobile operators). Expected.
Should the AMO decide the fee must be lowered, it would lead to a transfer of profits from mobile to fixed-line operators, and would thus be negative for Ceske radiokomunikace (which has a 39% stake in T-Mobile CR, the No. 2 domestic mobile operator) and positive for Cesky Telecom (the dominant domestic fixed-line operator).
Jan Hájek