Telenor’s landline talks with Serbian operator deadlocked

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: The talk over the leasing of landline infrastructure between Norwegian telecoms group Telenor and Serbian fixed line incumbent Telekom Srbija has come under deadlock. Without this deal, Telenor cannot operate.

According to Ana Davico, a Belgrade-based Telenor spokeswoman, the company has placed a standard offer, usual for other European countries, but Telekom Srbija wants more favourable terms and that is unacceptable.

Telenor was awarded nation’s second landline phone license by Serbia’s telecom regulator Ratel for EUR1.05 million (USD1.42 million) in January. The Norwegian company pledged to lease Telekom Srbija’s infrastructure before developing its own fibre-optic network.