annual report 2011 - Konkurentsiamet
annual report 2011 - Konkurentsiamet
annual report 2011 - Konkurentsiamet
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In <strong>2011</strong>, the construction of the 4G network started, and old base stations were taken down and<br />
replaced with new ones. The superfast 4G mobile internet connection allows data to be<br />
downloaded at a speed of up to 100 Mbit/s. At the moment the actual download speed ranges<br />
between 20 and 60 Mbit/s, and the upload speed can reach 50 Mbit/s.<br />
Wholesale market: mobile telephone network interconnection<br />
In the mobile telephone network markets, market shares of the interconnection service are<br />
distributed among the operators in a more homogenous way than in the interconnection markets<br />
of telephone networks, which can be explained by the intense competition in the retail mobile<br />
telephone service market.<br />
Compared to 2010, the number of call minutes terminated in mobile telephone networks<br />
increased by 7.4% in <strong>2011</strong>. Since July <strong>2011</strong>, the upper limit of the termination price of calls<br />
established by the Competition Authority for Estonian mobile telephone network operators has<br />
amounted to 0.0702 EUR/min (the upper limit amounted to 0.078 EUR/min in 2010).<br />
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CY SE AT FR PL LT SK FI RO HU UK ES DK NL PT EL SK CZ LV DE EE IE IT LU MT BE BG<br />
1.07.2009 1.07.2010 1.07.<strong>2011</strong> 01.07 2010 EL avarage 01.07. <strong>2011</strong> EL avarage<br />
Source: BoR (10) 45 MTR benchmark snapshot_100921, BoR (11) 27 MTR benchmark snapshot_110516<br />
FIGURE 17. Prices of mobile telephone networks interconnection services in the EU, EUR/min.<br />
Telephone service<br />
In <strong>2011</strong>, the largest service providers in the telephone service market were Elion, STV and<br />
Starman, and the year was characterised by a decrease in the number of end-users by 7.6%,<br />
whereas the number of subscriber lines in use also decreased by 2.4%.<br />
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