[governance] Telecoms competition in Kosovo

[Paul Wilson]

On the risks of deregulating your telecommunications sector...

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120657045260666757.html?mod=hpp_us_pageone

> Bullets Fly
>
> One morning later that month, Mr. Berisha was riding in a car to work
> with his aunt and her daughter when gunmen emerged from the side of the
> road and opened fire on their car. No one was injured.
>
> Just six weeks later, Mr. Berisha, by then commuting in a police vehicle
> with two armed officers, was attacked again. This time, one of the gunmen
> launched a rocket at the car. It didn't explode properly, and injured
> only the driver, he says.
>
> One of the alleged attackers, later arrested, turned out to be an
> official of PTK, the local telecom operator. Mr. Berisha believes his
> attackers were upset that he had awarded a mobile-phone license to a
> Slovenian operator and at the prospect of new competition.


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Paul Wilson, Director-General, APNIC                      <dg at apnic.net>
http://www.apnic.net                            ph/fx +61 7 3858 3100/99

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