EESTI TELEKOM

ANNOUNCEMENT



EESTI TELEFON WAS DECLARED SMP



On 26 November, the Communications Board declared  

AS Eesti Telefon as an operator with significant market 

power (SMP) for 2002 in the public telephone service 

market, public leased line service market, and public 

interconnection service market. The Communications 

Board based the determination of operators with 

significant market power for 2002 on the market 

shares of 2000. The market share of AS Eesti 

Telefon amounted to 99.24 per cent of the turnover of the 

telephone services market, 92.76 per cent of the turnover 

of the leased line service market, and 59.52 per cent of 

the turnover of the interconnection service market in 2000. 



AS Eesti Telefon was also declared for 2001 as an operator 

with significant market power in the public telephone service 

market, public leased line service market, and public 

interconnection service market. In its forecasts, Eesti 

Telefon also reckoned with the Communications Board declaring 

the business as an operator with significant market power 

in the three markets for 2002.





Kadri Lensment

assistant manager

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