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Update: February 2001
The following reports aim to provide a general overview of the alternative networks in each country and in the Mediterranean area and Central and Eastern European Countries. More specifically, the following topics are analysed, depending on the availability of information:
  • The interaction between business and regulatory constraints: the regulatory background; Business constraints and entry barriers; Attitude of the incumbent operator towards alternative network providers; On-going developments.
  • Inventory of the major "public" utilities with a potential for use in IS applications: types of companies offering networks; description, choice and strategies (alliance opportunities, vertical integration, and customer targeting; Types of operators using the networks; Type of services offered by the operators on the networks. Synoptic tables with companies offering these networks can be downloaded for both areas (PDF format).

The new Updated Master Reports, now on-line for each country, cover the entire period of the ESIS II Project (1999 - 2000 inclusive). 
     
Report by country   Synthesis
Please click on a country or its name to access report by country    

ALBANIA

ALGERIA

BOSNIA

BULGARIA

CYPRUS

CZECH
REP

EGYPT

ESTONIA

HUNGARY

ISRAEL

JORDAN

LEBANON

LATVIA

LITHUANIA

MACEDONIA

MALTA

MOROCCO

PALEST.
TERR.

POLAND

ROMANIA

SLOVAKIA

SLOVENIA

SYRIA

TUNISIA

TURKEY

  Mediterranean countries and areas

Central and Eastern European Countries

Country reports in local language may be obtained directly from the ESIS II contractor in charge of the country concerned. Also note that some reports are published on associated ESIS II local web sites.


Please note that these reports have been prepared under the sole responsibility of the ESIS II contractors. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the Commision, nor does the Commission accept responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of information contained herein.
 

Alternative networks are defined as telecommunications infrastructures owned and operated by utilities companies (electricity and gas companies, pipelines, highways, railways, water and draining networks, cable…) and by commercial companies as banks or airlines, often present all over the national territory via offices or subsidiaries.

They are developed by companies for which telecommunications are essential for the activity. Indeed, most of the time, the public telecommunications networks are not able to provide them with all the services they need (performance, confidentiality, tariff, customised functionalities, …). Furthermore, the use of private telecommunications networks is often a prefered means to increase productivity revenue. Indeed, alternative telecommunications infrastructures are usually reserved for the telecommunications needs of their owners. Their liberalisation for the provision of telecommunications services to the public is part of the total opening of the telecommunications sector.

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