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LATVIAN ACTUALITIES Dr.Andris Virtmanis, Director, Electronic Communications and Post Department

LATVIAN ACTUALITIES Dr.Andris Virtmanis, Director, Electronic Communications and Post Department ANNUAL MEETING OF BALTIC ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL REGULATORS Marciena , District of Madona , Latvia   29 August 2013 . Presentation outline. Few elcos market highlights

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LATVIAN ACTUALITIES Dr.Andris Virtmanis, Director, Electronic Communications and Post Department

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  1. LATVIAN ACTUALITIES Dr.Andris Virtmanis, Director, Electronic Communications and Post Department ANNUAL MEETING OF BALTIC ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL REGULATORS Marciena, District of Madona, Latvia   29 August 2013

  2. Presentationoutline • Few elcos market highlights • What happens in Latvian electronic communications ? • Development of postal sector • What is new in SPRK? 2

  3. Elcos market highlights 3

  4. ELCO REVENUES IN 2012 4

  5. INTERNET REVENUES IN 2012 5

  6. CHARACTERISTICS OF BB* Digital Agenda for Europe 2020 100% pop. ≥ 30 Mb/s 50% househ. ≥ 100 Mb/s * 01.01.2013. 6

  7. BB BY SPEEDS 7

  8. What happens in electronic communications in Latvia? 8

  9. KEY ELCO ACTUALITIES IN 2013 • Beginning of construction of optical NGN (“pre-last • mile”)by LVRTC • Designation of provider for digital terrestrial TV from 2014 – Lattelecomselected • Merger of CaTV operators Baltcom TV and IZZI • SPRK’s tender of 50 MHz band (TDD) in 2,6 GHz range • (on26 August 2013) – Latvian Mobile Telephone • SPRK’s tender for “Digital Dividend” in 800 MHz range • (plannedon21 October 2013) • Amendments to ECL and SPRK’sregulations in access markets 4 & 5 (recentlypassed by EC’s comments) • Further regulations (towards lowering) of MTRs and FTRs – pending, consultation to belaunched

  10. FREQUENCY ALLOCATION FOR SERVICES Latvia takes 4th place after Sweden, Denmark and Lithuania in granting of usage rights in attractive ranges of whole 1200 MHz (2012 INFO: DG CONNECT)

  11. Actual from postal sector 11

  12. Legal matters • Amended Postal Law (from 24 April 2013) • Actualized SPRK regulations • Cabinet Regulations on universal postal service compensation mechanism – still pending • Designation of universal service provider by SPRK’s tender – to be organized in 2014 12

  13. Letters sent by Latvian Post, th. Domestic Cross-border 13

  14. Packages sent by Latvian Post, th. Domestic Cross-border 14

  15. What is new in SPRK? 15

  16. SPRK IN NEW ADDRESS IN RIGA: Ūnijas iela 45 16

  17. RE-BRANDING OF SPRK Users Undertakings Government Reliability Competence Independence Quality Value Accessibility 17

  18. STREAMLINING OF SPRK • Based on IT support Development of public services by balancing interests of undertakings and customers 18 mission

  19. NEW SPRK’s WEB-SITE 19

  20. STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS AND POST DEPARTMENT Postal Division + 1 expert = 2 experts Universal Service Division Chief Specialist (CS) on Universal Service matters Currently 23 employees ECPD:6 Divisions 22 experts + 1 CS 20

  21. Thank you much for attention !andris.virtmanis@sprk.gov.lv

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