Evropska komisija ni prepričana, da imata Mobitel in Simobil na slovenskem trgu prevladujoč položaj in v zvezi s tem od regulatorja telekomunikacijskega trga – agencije za pošto in elektronske komunikacije (Apek) – zahteva podatke, na podlagi katerih bo lahko ocenila, ali imajo vsi ponudniki storitev mobilne telefonije enake možnosti za dostop do omrežja v Sloveniji in ali je zagotovljena konkurenca, ki uporabnikom storitev mobilne telefonije omogoča nižje cene. V Bruslju poudarjajo, da mora ugotovitev, da gre za skupni prevladujoči položaj, zadostiti številnim kriterijem, in da usklajenega delovanja podjetij ni preprosto dokazati.
In a letter dated 13 November 2008 the Commission has informed the Slovenian telecom watchdog, APEK, that at this stage it has serious doubts as to the finding of joint dominance in the Slovenian mobile access and call origination market. During the following two months the Commission will call for and assess further market data from APEK and market players.
APEK believes that two Slovenian operators, i.e. Mobitel and Si.mobil jointly possess a dominant position in the Slovenian wholesale mobile market which is used to prevent market entry of other mobile operators by way of access to existing mobile networks. The reason for such common interest to keep the market closed is that further competition in the downstream retail mobile market could lead to price cuts and a decrease in profits for the two established operators. On the basis of such assessment, APEK proposes to impose access obligations in the form of national roaming agreements on Mobitel and Si.mobil.
The Commission underlines in its serious doubts letter sent on 13 November that a finding of joint dominance of two operators requires that a number of criteria are met, i.a. that competitive checks from other sources are not effective, that both operators pursue a common policy and that they can retaliate if one of them should deviate from the joint policy.
Apek mora v dveh mesecih v Bruselj v Bruselj poslati podatke, ki dokazujejo njegove ugotovitve in utemeljujejo njegove ukrepe. V Apeku pa pojasnjujejo, da so “do zaključka, da operaterja Mobitel d.d. in Si.mobil d.d. na veleprodajnem trgu uživata t.i. skupni prevladujoč položaj”, prišli ob upoštevanju prakse Evropskega sodišča.
Ukinitev veleprodajne regulacije bi v tem trenutku lahko pomenila oslabitev nastajajoče infrastrukturne konkurence, to pa bi na dolgi rok prineslo višje cene in slabšo kakovost storitev za uporabnike. Agencija se bo zavzemala, da bi v dogovoru s Komisijo ter ob sodelovanju Skupine evropskih regulatorjev (ERG) v nadaljnjih dveh mesecih prišla do rešitev za prehodno podaljšanje veleprodajne regulacije.
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