Albania: Fourth mobile phone operator to be launched in June

A fourth mobile phone operator in Albania is expected to be launched in June,the local media Shqip reported.

“The launch of the fourth operator will increase competition andtherefore will affect the reduction of tariffs,” Chairman of ElectronicCommunications Authority, Piro Xhixho said in an interview for Shqip.




After the introduction of the third operator in the market, the statistics showed thatmobile telephone users and time of conversation doubled compared to a yearbefore, Xhixho added.


In April 2009, the Government of Albania said that a consortium led byKosovo Telecom was awarded Albania’s fourth mobile phone operating license for 7.2million euros.


Albania so far has three mobile phone operators - AMC (www.amc.al),Vodafone Albania (www.vodafone.al) andEagle Mobile (www.eaglemobile.al) - with about 2.5 million clientsin a country of 3.3 million.


Source:balkans.com/