October 12 (SeeNews) - Serbia will call a tender for a second domestic provider of fixed-line voice services by November 11, Telecommunications Minister Jasna Matic said.
The government will not set a minimum asking price and will award the licence to the best bidder, Matic said in a statement posted on the government’s website on Sunday. Matic added that she expects the licence to be awarded by the end of this year.
This week the Telecommunications Ministry will establish the rules by which its Telecommunications Agency, RATEL, will call and administer the tender, Matic said.
State-owned Telekom Srbija is the sole provider of fixed-line services in the country of some 9.0 million people. It also controls some 70% of the domestic wireless services market through its unit Mobile Telephony Serbia.
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