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The Hungarian Communications Market Developments and Regulation between 2004 and 2008 References 1 Directive 2002/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on a common regulatory framework for electronic communications network and services [Framework Directive] 2 Directive 2002/20/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on the authorisation of electronic communications networks and services [Authorisation Directive] 13 Markets 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 14, 15, 17, 18 were removed from among the recommended markets, while markets 1 and 2 were merged. 14 RAT: Rules relating to the use of frequency bands 15 Decree 6/2004. (IV. 13.) IHM of the Ministry of Informatics and Telecommunication 3 Directive 2002/19/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on access to and interconnection of electronic communications networks and associated facilities [Access Directive] 4 Directive 2002/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March on universal service and users’ rights relating to electronic communications networks and services [Universal Service Directive] 5 Regulation (EC) No 2887/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2000 on unbundled access to the local loop 16 Decree 5/2004. (IV. 13.) IHM of the Ministry of Informatics and Telecommunication 17 Act 74 of 2007 on the rules of Broadcasting and Digital Switchover 18 Wireless Access Platforms for Electronic Communications Services 19 Act 1 of 1996 on radio and television broadcasting 20 Optimised plan for the introduction of DVB-T (Digital Video Broadcasting – Terrestrial) in the 470-862 MHz band 6 Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2002 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector [Directive on privacy and electronic communications] 21 Terrestrial free-to-air radio broadcasting 22 Act 140 of 2004 on the general regulation of administrative procedures and services 7 Commission Recommendation 2003/311/EC on relevant product and service markets within the electronic communications sector 23 Governmental Decree 345/2004. (XII. 23.) and its replacement Governmental Decree 229/2008. (IX: 12.). 8 Commission Guidelines on market analysis and the assessment of significant market power (2002/C 165/03) 9 Accessible on the home page of NHH: http://www.nhh.hu/dokumentum.phpcid=10753 10 The mission of NHH: NHH, as a modern regulatory authority, promotes the development of the communication markets, intensifies market competition and supervises the operation of markets in favour of ensuring the opportunity for all people in Hungary to obtain the most up-to-date communication services easily, fast and at reasonable prices. 11 Recommendation C(2003)497; published as a national legal regulation in Decree 16/2004 (IV.24.) IHM of the Ministry of Informatics and Telecommunication 12 2007/879/EC 24 Directive 97/67/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 1997 on common rules for the development of the internal market of Community postal services and the improvement of quality of service, amended by Directives 2002/39/EC and 2008/6/EC 25 Through targeted market research, NHH continuously tracks the development of consumer patterns in the electronic communications market. The study on the regulatory overview of the market research analyses made between 2003 and 2007 and the results of the market researches are accessible on the home page of NHH. 26 The reasons are essentially similar to the ones described later with reference to the mobile termination market. 27 The competition is influenced of course by presence of service providers realising access through other, mainly VoIP technology, in particular by those players providing voice services through cable television networks. However, in the first round of market analysis cable television service providers did not appear with their offers.
74 75 28 The full unbundled access to the local loop makes it possible to provide both, while the shared access provides only DSL services. 29 It must be noted that the implementation of RM regulation does not completely solve the problem of price-squeeze, as regulated wholesale rates will only follow retail prices after a half year. 30 Source: EU Implementation Reports 11, 12, and 13 31 The values relating to cable television service providers only contain the values of service providers held by non-incumbent service providers, for this reason T-Kábel does not appear in the Hungarian index. 32 http://www.oecd.org/sti/ict/broadband 33 NHH won the case in the first instance. 34 Source: EU Implementation Report 13 (The EU average is the simple average of prices of all surveyed service providers. From every member state the two largest service providers were examined.) 35 The market share of the four largest service providers represented 82-88 percent of the entire retail market between 2004 and 2006.
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Page 35 and 36: 32 33 Figure 3.5: Monthly average t
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Page 39 and 40: 36 37 Figure 3.11: Changes in the n
Page 41 and 42: 38 39 Figure 3.15: Changes in the n
Page 43 and 44: 40 41 Figure 3.18: Cable television
Page 45 and 46: 42 43 Results and influence of mark
Page 47 and 48: 44 45 hindered on the retail side,
Page 49 and 50: 46 47 Figure 4.2: Voice traffic sha
Page 51 and 52: 48 49 gated price index) above the
Page 53 and 54: 50 51 Figure 4.8: Monthly spending
Page 55 and 56: 52 53 the Board imposed the obligat
Page 57 and 58: 54 55 Figure 4.10: Sales of ADSL se
Page 59 and 60: 56 57 stimulation regarding the dev
Page 61 and 62: 58 59 Figure 4.14: Broadband penetr
Page 63 and 64: 60 61 The OECD study also contains
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Page 71 and 72: 68 69 4.5 Regulatory means applied
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Page 75: 72 73 Epilogue Today, electronic co
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