IKS-Consulting analyst Konstantin Ankilov believes that competition in the local telephone service

Last week, the government approved a plan for the development scenario of the Russian economy in 2011-2013. According to this document the tariffs for local telephone services in the next year are expected to grow by no more than 8.6%. Analysts believe that a further increase in fees for landline phone users will move to mobile best flashlight communications.
Scenario development plan comprising including an increase in local tariffs, released by the Ministry of Economic Development (MED). It says that the cost of calls from a landline phone in 2011 may increase best flashlight by no more than 8.6%, in 2012 - not more than 6.8%, and in 2013 - by 6.1%.
Now, the state regulates tariffs for local telephone service best flashlight several regional companies belonging to telecom holding "Svyazinvest", as well as a number of MGTS and regional telecommunication companies. In MGTS say that over the past few years, rates for local telephone service as a whole rose by 8-10%, which is "about the same level of inflation in the country," taking into account the costs of operators to provide network performance.
As noted in the materials MED, tariffs on intra-regional and long-distance calls will not change, and the cost of providing access to the local telephone network will be reduced each year by about 10%. Office also predicts that prices for telegraph services will grow by 25% annually, and the cost of delivery of services domestic letter mail in the next year will grow by 8.7%.
IKS-Consulting analyst Konstantin Ankilov believes that competition in the local telephone service will not allow operators to increase tariffs to the level of the upper plate. "IEG established upper ceiling of price increases, and the operators are free to make their own decisions - whether they will use this opportunity or not. I do not think it will cause any major changes in pricing policy," - said Mr. Ankilov. He also notes that the tariffs for mobile communications best flashlight and home gradually come to the same level, so callers best flashlight abandon the fixed-line in favor of mobile.
Director of Development "Cominfo Consulting" Evgeny Solomatin believes that IEG currently tightens the costs of maintenance and operation of the network to the level of reasonable expenses. At the same time, seeking to stimulate the conversational activity in the country, the department is actively reducing best flashlight the cost of connections for subscribers.
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