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TELECOMMUNICATIONS
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cUrrEnt SitUation
The last year has brought numerous important changes
in the functioning of the telecommunications regulatory
framework.
As a part of the reconstruction of the Government of the Republic
of Serbia, a new Government was formed with 17 ministries
in total. The Ministry of Telecommunications and Information
Society and the Ministry of Culture were merged into
the new Ministry of Culture, Media and Information Society.
Immediately after the formation of the new Ministry, the
Digital Agenda Administration was formed within the Ministry
with the aim of finalising projects in the area of information
and electronics and improving information and
communication technologies in Serbia.
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Recommendations:
Introduced
in the WB:
Significant
progress
Abolishing the 10 percent mobile tax. 2010 √
Certain
progress
No
progress
It is necessary to have a regulatory body capable of implementing the
new Law on Electronic Communications and undertake proper market
analyses determined by the Law.
2010 √
Issuing missing by-laws and adjusting existing ones in compliance with
the EU regulatory standards, requirements and procedures.
End the bureaucratic procedure surrounding the telecommunication
business (certifications of telecom equipment and network design, te-
2007 √
chnical controls of telecom equipment installation and their operation,
requirements of detailed product and network design documentation,
technical control of compliance with international standards, etc.).
2009 √
Stimulating broadband services.
Encourage the development of new telecommunication infrastructure
2008 √
and enable usage of existing alternative infrastructure by all kinds of
electronic services.
2007 √
Rebalance fixed telephony tariffs on a cost-based price structure. 2007 √
Efficient implementation of the Construction Law. 2010 √
Decision on Allocation of Digital Dividend and adoption of new Frequency
Allocation Plan based on technology neutrality.
2010 √
Also, in March 2011, with great delay, the Serbian Government
proposed candidates for members of the RATEL Managing
Board, subsequently elected by the Parliament of the
Republic of Serbia.
With the purpose of enforcing the Electronic Communications
Law, RATEL initiated public consultations on the enactment
of the necessary by-laws. For the first time, nine markets
subject to regulation were defined and the electronic
communications market was analysed accordingly. Operators
with significant market power (SMP operators) were proposed,
as well as their obligations on the above grounds.
The long-awaited sale of Telekom Srbija was not successful.
In October 2010 tenders were invited for the sale of 51% of
shares and, although the Government extended the deadline
for the submission of bids, the sale of this state giant
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