In March and April the Czech Republic will hold talks with mobile telephony
operators from the US, Italy, France, the UK and South Korea about the
planned introduction of a fourth operator onto the Czech market, Prime
Minister Andrej Babiš said on Tuesday. An auction of frequencies should
take place by the end of December, with the winner expected to receive them
from the state in January or February 2020.
Mr. Babiš also said he would put forward a bill making it easier for
customers to end their contracts with existing mobile operators in the
Czech Republic.
Under his legislation, clients would be able to cancel their agreements
after two days, instead of 10 at present, while they would be able to end a
contract without paying any penalty after three months. Mr. Babiš is due
to meet operators in two weeks’ time.