Infrastructure sharing and its contribution to the development of the infrastructurebased competition in Lithuania TAIEX Multi-beneficiary Workshop on TAIEX Assistance within Chapter 10 – Information society and Media, 12 April 2016 Kristina Mikoliūnienė Deputy director of Networks regulation department Communications Regulatory Authority (RRT)
Challenges in Lithuania: • • • Constantly technological changes; PSTN vs NGN; Copper vs Fiber. Poor quality of existed copper lines; Service-based competition vs facility-based competition.
Definition and products • Infrastructure sharing – If a provider of public communications networks cannot realise the right to install the necessary electronic communications infrastructure or the costs of realisation of such a right are disproportionately high, RRT may request that any provider of electronic communications networks controlling the relevant infrastructure should permit, on non-discriminatory terms, the sharing of the existing electronic communications infrastructure. • Infrastructure sharing - joint usage of: pipelines; cable ducts; collectors; manholes; retaining structures (including towers, masts, buildings, in-house sharing, building engineering systems). • Infrastructure sharing – cooperation in: building new; joint usage of existing; changing old/unused infrastructure. 3 psl
General understanding: End-users Infrastructure Servicebased competition Facility-based competition E-services and applications Terminals A holistic approach is needed - for all areas is important to attract investments
Legal background Regul ation in LT 1998 2003 2002 2011 2005 2004 2010 2013 2012 2014 Regulati on in EU 1998 – Law on telecommunications: joint deployment; Rights for RRT to enforce non-discriminatory infrastructure sharing; 2002 - Rules for infrastructure sharing; 2003 – Reference offer for duct access from incumbent; 2004 – Law on electronic communications; 2005 – Rules for building and sharing infrastructure; 2010 – Recommendation on regulated access to NGA (2010/572/EU); 2011 – new version of Rules for building and sharing infrastructure; 2012 – Access to maps of existing infrastructure; 2013 – Broadband map (www. raskinterneta. lt); 2014 – Directive 2014/61/EU on measures to reduce the cost of deploying high-speed electronic communications networks. Outcome of the regulation - intention to drive through the regulation
Technical background
Tools for ensuring infrastructure-based competition in Lithuania: • Symmetric and Asymmetric obligations; • Instruments and initiatives for BB development; • Dispute resolutions.
![Symmetric obligations General legal act – [Law on telecommunications (1998)]; Law on electronic communications](https://present5.com/presentation/967f355aed3e228fe60ddc5a26e7e40d/image-8.jpg "Symmetric obligations General legal act – [Law on telecommunications (1998)]; Law on electronic communications")
Symmetric obligations General legal act – [Law on telecommunications (1998)]; Law on electronic communications (2004) and Rules for building and sharing infrastructure (new from 2011); • Main principles: − Applicable to all legal and natural persons owing infrastructure which is suitable for the construction of electronic communications networks; − Defined list of grounds for denial to share infrastructure; − Ex-post price regulation: cost orientation; − First instance for infrastructure sharing disputes – RRT. • Requirements in EU legal acts; 2010 – Recommendation on regulated access to NGA (2010/572/EU); 2014 – Directive on measures to reduce the costs of deploying high-speed networks (2014/61/EU).
Competition – what the figures show? 50 % of BB subscriptions are provided by alternative infrastructure 100% of new entrant subscriptions are provided using own infrastructure
Competition – what the figures show?
FTTH penetration – Europe ranking Source: FTTH Council Report 2015
FTTH penetration - Global ranking Source : FTTH Council report 2015
Infrastructure map – initiative for BB development - why google is not enough? Stages: 1. Vilnius 2. Kaunas 3. Klaipeda 4. Panevezys Project purpose: provide information for operators • Information about existing electronic communication networks infrastructure in municipality • Information about prospects of building electronic communication networks
Broadband map – www. raskinterneta. lt Broadband service map preview
Asymmetric obligations • • SMP obligations Market analysis: very important to identify actual situation; Market of physical infrastructure – from 2007 ; full set of obligations for SMP operator (incumbent): - transparency; - non-discrimination; - accounting separation; - access obligation; - cost accounting and price regulation. • Due to access obligation additional requirements are set in Rules for delivery and provision of access: - access to GIS, applications; - additional requirements for study of technical feasibility in reference offer (ANO can take part in threading, unthreading and repairing works; requirements if STF is negative; )
Dispute resolution - tool for ensuring infrastructure-based competition in Lithuania 2008 2 2010 2014 2012 1 1 2009 2011 2 1 2013 2016 1 1 2015 • RRT had 9 disputes + a few complaints each year; • The matter is – RRT do not know where exactly the infrastructure (and what kind of) is.
Future challenges • Clear understanding, what we want to reach (e. g. competitive BB market; satisfied end users; both of them? ); • Infrastructure sharing vs sharing economy; • everything „SMART“ and ecological; • policy decisions could reduce roll-out costs.
RRT potential technical understanding of end-users needs national features RRT is ahead in Europe
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