New Entrant Needs Regulatory Guardian

摘要

The Czech Republic's three existing mobile operators – Telefónica,nT-Mobile and Vodafone – are submitting applications to participatenin the LTE auction, along with private equity firm PPF. While PPFnhas applied for the auction, it has stated it will only decided onnwhether to construct a network or not on the basis of the results ofnthe tender and regulatory measures around service rollout. BMInbelieves the newcomer would face significant challenges and thenregulator may need to incentivise network construction.