Poland experienced a significant fall in the value of its wholesale market in the last two years due to the regulatory changes imposed on the telecommunications market, says consultancy PMR Publications in its report.
In 2013 and 2014 the wholesale comms market in Poland saw a drop in value of PLN2.5bn (€0.6bn) to PLN5bn (€1.2bn), it says. This hit the overall state of the telecommunications market in Poland.
The segment hardest hit by the legislative changes was the mobile telephony market as it was affected by the imposed cuts in mobile termination rates (MTRs). However, at the same time the fixed-line telephony market also recorded a decline and contraction in revenue. As a consequence, 2013 saw a 25% drop in the value of its wholesale market with the mobile telephony further slipping by 50% compared to a year prior.
2014 saw a slight improvement however with further declines and continuation the downward trend but at a slower pace.
Also, the drops in the market in the last three years have translated into the overall losses across the telecommunications market with a 4% drop in 2013 while in 2014 the conditions of the market were expected to further hinder the growth for the entire telecommunications market in Poland, according to PMR’s study.