registration document France Telecom 2009 - Orange.com

6 OVERVIEW
overview of the group’s business
OF BUSINESS
Poland
In April 2009, UKE issued a second round consultation on the wholesale call termination on individual mobile networks market,
proposing the following glide-path for the three operators PTK Centertel (Orange), Polkomtel and PTC:
Mobile termination rate (MTR)
(zlotys/min.
and euros/min)
As of May 1, 2007 As of May 1, 2008 As of January 1, 2009 As of July 1, 2009
0.40 zloty
(0.088 euros)
0.3387 zloty
(0.075 euros)
0.2162 zloty
(0.047 euros)
0.1677 zloty
(0.037 euros)
In September 2009, UKE notifi ed to the European Commission
a draft price control decision for the wholesale call termination
market. UKE proposed to maintain MTRs at 0.1677 zloty on the
three major mobile network operators PTK Centertel, Polkomtel
and PTC as of January 1, 2010. The tariff was to be valid until the
next approval of cost calculations submitted by the operators
or – if the regulator rejected the operators’ proposal – until a
new decision was issued by UKE. The European Commission
welcomed UKE’s proposal to set MTRs at a level that is
already below the EU average. The European Commission
found that the methodology chosen by UKE – rates based on
costs incurred, and as verifi ed through comparison with other
countries – did not promote effi ciency and as such should only
be considered as a temporary measure.
In October 2009, UKE notifi ed to the European Commission
the draft price control decision for P4 and proposed that P4’s
mobile call termination rates should be gradually reduced in
order to eliminate the asymmetry between P4 and the other
mobile network operators by 2014.
Asymmetry between
P4 and other MNOs
July /2009 Jan./2010 Jul /2010 Jan./11 Jul /11 Jan /12 Jul /12 Jan /13 Jul /12 Jan /14
141% 126% 110% 94% 79% 63% 47% 31% 16% 0%
In March 2010, UKE announced that MTRs in mobile network
operators’ networks will not decrease until January 1, 2011.
SMS
In October 2009, UKE launched a consultation on the defi nition
of the wholesale market for SMS termination in individual public
mobile telephone networks with the objective to ex ante regulate
these rates and services. Following this consultation, UKE could
propose in 2010 ex ante obligations on the SMS / MMS market,
as well as measures to reduce call termination rates.
Spectrum
2.6 GHz TDD license award
In October 2009, an exclusive license was awarded in the
2570 - 2620 MHz range, for the provision of telecommunication
services over broadband mobile access networks throughout
Poland.
Two offers were proposed by Aero 2 and Milmex Systemy
Komputerowe. The Aero 2 offer was preferred by the tender
Committee. The license enables the use of frequencies until
December 31, 2024. Communications (transmission and
reception) between the base station and a user’s terminal is
in the same range of frequencies (TDD - Time Division Duplex
mode).
2.6 GHz FDD consultations
On June 3, 2009 the UKE President announced public
consultations on 7 licenses in the 2010 – 2025 MHz, 2500
– 2570 MHz and 2620 – 2690 MHz bands, intended for the
provision of telecommunication services in broadband wireless
access networks throughout Poland in the mobile telephony
service with an expiration date of December 31, 2024.
License in the 3600 - 3800 MHz frequency band
In October 2009, a tender for a general exclusive frequency
license covering four duplex radio channels, each of 3.5 MHz
bandwidth in the 3600 – 3800 MHz range, was announced.
The license shall be used for point-to-multipoint networks until
December 31, 2022. The offers were to be submitted before
30 November 2009.
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2009 REGISTRATION DOCUMENT / FRANCE TELECOM