WORLDWIDE MARKET RESEARCH REPORT - CISE

EC/IST FP6 Project No 026920
Work Package: 6
Type of document: Report
Date: 20.12.2007
File name: OP_WP6_D37_V1.0.doc Version: 1.0
Title: Worldwide Market Research Report 126 / 356
Macedonia
The monopoly of the state-owned Makedonski Telekomunikacii (MT) ended in 2001. Growth
in demand for transport and telecommunications services reflects the continuing logistical
requirements of the international operations in Kosovo. The deployment of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization (NATO) peacekeepers and the UN Interim Administration Mission in
Kosovo in 1999 required huge spending on transportation, energy, and telecommunications
(as did the presence of the UN preventive deployment force in 1993).
On June 2007, the government announced to have planned the opening of free, state owned
internet café’s in the major towns across the country by the end of the year. The aim of the
government is to enable access to the internet, mostly to the young people (up to 26) and to
people who cannot afford internet anyway (people over 64 years old).
Moldova
Moldova has an antiquated telephone system, very few pay phones, many villages without
service, and a very low mobile phone penetration rate. Moldtelecom, the national telecom, is
currently upgrading and has signed agreements with Denmark's Great Northern Telegraph
(GNT), which is investing $10 million in a digital switch system and fiber-optic technology.
The government intends to sell 51% of Moldtelecom following a failed attempt at privatization
in 1998 to a Greek company. In 1998, Voxtel, a consortium comprising 1 French, 1
Romanian, and 2 Moldovan companies, launched mobile service in the GSM standard. In
2000, Moldova awarded a second GSM license to Moldcell, a joint venture between Turkish
Turkcell and Chişina˘u-based Accent Electronics.
Poland
Telecommunications services are undergoing rapid modernization. After years of neglect,
new switchboards are constantly being installed and the number of telephone subscribers
has increased substantially. The nation has enthusiastically adopted wireless
communications and cellular phones.
Romania