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The Liberalisation of the Markets and the New
Regulatory Framework- Prospects
Challenges Emmanuel GIAKOUMAKIS Chairman of
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OVERVIEW

• CURRENT TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT
• TELECOM LIBERALIZATION IN GREECE
• LICENSING
• INTERCONNECTION
• NATIONAL NUMBERING PLAN (N.N.P.)
• RADIO SPECTRUM
• LICENSING PROCESS FOR THE PROVISION OF 3rd
  
• 2nd GENERATION OF MOBILE SERVICES
• CONCLUSIONS

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CURRENT TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT (2867 / 2000)
Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications
(Y.M.E.)

• Defines Telecomm Policy

• National Representation

• Legislative Initiatives

• Jointly Defines Telecom Policy for
• National Defense

• Allocates Radio-Frequencies

• Manages Satellite Orbits

• Publishes
• National Table of Frequency Allocations

National Telecommunications and Post Commission
(E.E.T.T.)
Competencies

• Regulatory
• Licensing
• Costing / Tariffing
• Numbering
• O.N.P. / Interconnection /
• Leased Lines / S.M.P.
• Universal Service
• Radio-Frequency Regime

• Control
• Telecom Regime
• Compliance
• Competition Regime
• Compliance
• Interconnection / Voice
• Telephony / Mobile
• Telephony Contracts

• Gives Opinion
• Adoption of Telecom
• Legislation

Arbitration

• Other
• National Representation
• Collaboration with E.C.
• Accreditation (Electronic Signature)
• Facilitates One-Stop Shopping
• Imposes Fees / Fines

Monitoring of the R/F spectrum
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TELECOM LIBERALIZATION IN GREECE (1 / 3)
E.U. / INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
R.I.O. (2001)
F.W.A.
(N. NUMBERING. P.) TRANSITION TO / ASSIGNMENT FROM
NUMBERING
FEEDBACK
REGULATION
ACTION
LICENSING

• (Public) Consultation
• Questionnaires
• Reports of Licensed
• Operators (Individual L.)
• Audits

L.L.U.
R/F REGIME
U.M.T.S.
TARIFFING / COSTING
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TELECOM LIBERALIZATION IN GREECE (2 / 3)
REGULATORY MEASURE CONTENT COMPLETION
1. Proposal of E.E.T.T. to Y.M.E. Definition of Public Consultation Procedure 22 / 01 / 2001
2. Decision of E.E.T.T. Reference Interconnection Offer of O.T.E. for 2001 12 / 02 / 2001
3a. Decision of E.E.T.T. National Numbering Plan for Telephony Services, Mobile and Personal Communications 08 / 02 / 2001
3b. Decision of E.E.T.T. Regulation Regarding the Management and Assignment of Numbers from the National Numbering Plan 16 / 02 / 2001
4a. Decision of E.E.T.T. Regulation of Issues Pertinent to General Authorizations 01 / 03 / 2001
4b. Decision of E.E.T.T. Regulation of Issues Pertinent to Individual Licenses 01 / 03 / 2001
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TELECOM LIBERALIZATION IN GREECE (3 / 3)
REGULATORY MEASURE CONTENT COMPLETION
5a. Decision of E.E.T.T. Regulation on Assignment of (Ranges of) Radio-Frequencies for Individual Licenses 28 / 02 / 2001
5b. Decision of E.E.T.T. Regulation on the Definition of Fees for Radio-Spectrum Usage 28 / 02 / 2001
6. Decision of E.E.T.T. Regulation on Issues Regarding the Application of Tariffs of Telecom Operators 28 / 02 / 2001
7. Decision of E.E.T.T. Costing Principles for L.L.U. / Leased Lines / Interconnection 31 / 03 / 2001

• A number of additional Regulatory Measures are in
  the offing, regarding
• O.N.P. / L.L.U. / Leased Lines / Interconnection
  / Arbitration Mechanism at E.E.T.T. /
• S.M.P. / One-Stop-Shopping Procedure /
  Numbering, etc.

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LICENSING (1 / 2)

• Single point of entry / process / award
  E.E.T.T. Except Y.M.E. regarding satellite
  orbits
• Strictly defined time-frames for awarding
• General Authorization 2 Weeks Up to 6 Weeks
  for a new class of General Authorization
• Individual License 6 Weeks Up to 8
  Months in case of R / F and a competitive
  awarding procedure
• Effort to drastically simplify procedure /
  reduce required supporting documentation
• Designated 6 categories of Individual Licenses
  / 24 classes of General Authorizations,
• based upon (national) legislation / E.U.
  practice / current content of awarded licenses in
  
• Greece
• Revisited license fees along the lines of their
  further clarification

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LICENSING (2 / 2)

• INDIVIDUAL LICENSES
• OF LICENSES .. 26
• Satellite 8 / 2G Operators 3 / F.W.A. 6
  / Network - Service Operators 9
• OF LICENSES AWARDED BY E.E.T.T. (As of 11 / 12
  / 2000) . 17
• OF APPLICATIONS CURRENTLY UNDER EXAMINATION
  . 15
• GENERAL AUTHORIZATIONS
• OF LICENSED PROVIDERS (Some offer multiple
  services) 217
• Transmission lines for fixed networks 18
• Leased capacity 38
• Data transmission services 60
• Value-added data services 69
• Network operation services 79
• Internet services 177
• Multimedia services 12
• Voice services 43
• Value-added voice services 35

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INTERCONNECTION (1 / 2)

• REFERENCE INTERCONNECTION OFFER (R.I.O. 2001)
• Interconnection addresses the needs of all
  types of operators (not only of 2G operators)
• More services are included
• Carrier Selection
• Call Transit via O.T.E.
• Access to the Intelligent Network of O.T.E.
• Lower interconnection tariffs
• Single Tandem 24 (3 minute call)
• Double Tandem 20 (3 minute call)
• Lower tariffs for Leased lines used for
  interconnection services

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INTERCONNECTION (2 / 2)

• REFERENCE INTERCONNECTION OFFER (R.I.O. 2001)
  Cont.
• Ability to interconnect at Local Switching
  Centers of O.T.E.
• Shortening of maximum time-frames to implement
  interconnection
• Provision of different Co-location options for
  interconnection purposes
• Physical co-location
• Distant connection
• In-span connection

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NATIONAL NUMBERING PLAN (1 / 2)

• Issue and Amendment of the National Numbering
  Plan
• Assignment of numbers or blocks of numbers to
  telecommunications operators and service
  providers
• Definition of the assignment and usage fees
• Regulation of all issues pertinent to Number
  Portability
• Regulation of all issues pertinent to Carrier
  (Pre-)Selection
• Assignment of domain names (.gr)

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NATIONAL NUMBERING PLAN (2 / 2)

• Overall coordination of the transition phases
  towards introducing the new National Numbering
  Plan (planned start date of Parallel Running
  July 2001)
• Overall coordination of publicity campaign
• Processing of submitted applications /
  dissemination of information regarding
• Carrier selection codes
• Geographical numbers
• Personal and corporate network numbers
• Special rate numbers (freephone, shared cost,
  premium rate)
• Numbers for calling cards
• Numbers available for the provision of new
  services
• Adaptation of the database / information systems
  supporting the efficient management of N.N.P.
  resources

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RADIO SPECTRUM (1 / 2)

• FUNCTIONS
• Assignment of Frequencies
• Licensing of Antenna Installations
• Monitoring of R/F Spectrum
• ACTIONS
• Update of National Table of Frequency
  Allocations
• Installation of Modern Tools for Processing of
  Applications
• Examination of Applications

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RADIO SPECTRUM (MONITORING SYSTEM) (2 / 2)

• FUNCTIONS
• Detection and identification of illegal
  transmissions
• Dealing with reports of irregularities and
  interference
• Infliction of penalties (fines, equipment
  confiscation, etc.) according to the pertinent
• legislation

• PLANNED ACTIONS
• Establishment of the National Spectrum Monitoring
  System
• Immediate upgrade of existing equipment (H/W and
  S/W)
• Acquisition of additional equipment
• Increase Personnel
• Establishment of branch offices covering the
  entire national territory

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COMPETITION IN THE DOMESTIC TELECOM SECTOR (1 / 2)

• AIM
• Promote and ensure competition in the domestic
  telecom sector
• Assist market players in providing a multitude
  of modern telecommunications services
• Assist market players in deploying modern
  telecommunications infrastructure
• Ensure more, better quality and less expensive
  choices to consumers of telecommunications
  services
• Promote Information Society
• INDICATIVE SCORECARD
• Annual increase of the number of I.S.P.s 18
  (Dec. 2000)
• Annual Growth Rate of active .gr sites 105
  (Dec. 2000)

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Licensing Process for the provision of 3rd (UMTS)
and 2nd (GSM/DCS) generation of mobile services
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Objectives of the Licensing Process

• The main objectives of the current licensing
  process are
• Ensure that the benefits of the 3G technology
  will be delivered on time and under beneficial
  terms to the Greek consumer
• Promote an adequate level of competition under
  fair and sustainable conditions
• A fair amount is paid for a scarce resource and
  effective spectrum management is achieved
• All objectives are achieved in a transparent and
  non-discriminatory way

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Constraints in achieving the objectives

• The main constraints under which the objectives
  have to be met are
• The current environment in the International
  telecommunication industry
• The views of incumbents and prospective
  participants as expressed in the public
  consultation process

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Main features of the Licensing Process

• The main features of the licensing process both
  for the 3G and 2G licences are

• The two processes are conducted separately and
  are independent
• The 3G process includes contingency plans for
  different levels of interest
• A level playing field for New Entrants is created
• Flexibility is provided for participants to
  acquire the bandwidth of spectrum they need
• The payment terms and the reserve prices reflect
  the magnitude of the investment and the risks
  involved in 3G technology

The design of the whole process is unique and
fully reflects the particular requirements of the
Greek market and the International economic
environment
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Current status of the Licensing Process

• The Public Consultation has been completed
• The Information Memorandum was issued on May 7,
  2001
• The Invitation to Tender will be issued on June
  1, 2001
• The Licensing Process is scheduled to take place
  in the period July 2 - July 18, 2001

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CONCLUSIONS

• The Liberalisation of the Greek
  Telecommunications Market is in progress
• The New Regulatory Framework provides Challenges
• Step by step we build a fully liberalized
  telecommunications market

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