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| Latvia’s communications market has evolved with more operators entering the market following market liberalisation. The fixed-line sector is still dominated by the incumbent, which remains majority owned by the government. Lack of competition in the wholesale broadband access market has been largely attributed to the lack of unbundling agreements although the situation improved in 2005, with a number of unbundling agreements in place. The cable operators also offer broadband services over their networks, and Fibre-to-the-Home networks are being deployed by alternative operators. A number of wireless broadband offerings are also available. Triple play services are available from both the fixed-line and incumbent and the cable operators, which also offer digital cable TV services. A third GSM operator has entered the market and grabbed a respectable number of subscribers in its first quarter of operations, assisted with the introduction of number portability in December 2005. Third generation services have been launched by the two established GSM operators and is expected to be increasingly explored for new revenue opportunities due to growing margin erosion in the mobile voice market. This report gives an overview of Latvia’s communications sector, providing useful statistics for the fixed-line, broadband and mobile sectors, as well as an insightful overview of market developments. |
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