Why are Czechs paying most in EU for mobile data?
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- 17 Oct 2022
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According to an analysis of the mobile data market published by the Czech Telecommunications Authority, retail prices for mobile data in Czechia are the highest in the EU. Czechs pay 150 percent more for mobile services than the EU average.
The mobile services market in Czechia is dominated by three main network providers – O2, T-Mobile and Vodafone – who take 96.4 percent of the market share. This lack of competition is the main reason why retail prices of mobile services in Czechia are the highest in the EU, according to an analysis by the Czech Telecommunications Authority, a regulatory body for the telecommunications sector. The report states that one gigabyte of data in Czechia is 201 percent more expensive than the EU average, and mobile services overall are 150 percent more expensive.
According to a previous statement by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the price of mobile data in Czechia has seen a tenfold reduction since 2011. Yet it still remains the highest in the EU. "Even if there is a certain decrease in retail prices in the medium term, prices in other EU countries are falling faster than here,” the authority states in its report. This is a problem to which Hana Továrková, chairwoman of the body’s council, sees regulation as the solution. Read More...
