The Cabinet will discuss an amendment to the telecommunication law on Monday, October 14. If approved and passed by Parliament, the amendment would allow alternative operators to lease local loops from Cesky Telecom. The amendment would be valid only till the end of 2003, when a completely new telecommunication law is expected.
It is expected that local-loop leasing will be obtainable from the beginning of 2003.
Separately, the sector regulator, the CTU, said yesterday that there are five preliminary antitrust-related inquiries in the telecommunication sector, and there are no large efforts for cartel agreements in the industry, although some of the investment probably did not bring the expected returns.
Jiri Soustruznik