Region
Eastern Europe & Central Asia
Income group
Upper middle income
Most populous city
Sofia

ACCESS DATA BY
ECONOMY OR TOPIC


or

Disclaimer: Note that the following information is not part of the score that the country receives on the Investing Across Sectors indicators. This information is provided as complementary to the data on the foreign ownership restrictions, and is based on the survey respondents’ comments and assessments. The World Bank Group does not guarantee accuracy of this information.

Sector group:
Telecom
Sector:
Fixed-line telephony services: A foreign company seeking to provide fixed line telecommunication services using available infrastructure which the foreign company does not own or operate.
Market structure:
 
Survey respondents' answer to the following question, "Define the market structure in your economy for this sector."
Monopoly
Regulatory license:
 
Survey respondents' answer to the following question, "If a foreign company wanted to obtain a sector-specific regulatory license (or a concession contract) to open and operate a new business in that sector, how likely would the government be to issue such a license, provided that the foreign company meets all legal and regulatory requirements?"
Likely
Name of regulatory authority
Communications Regulation Commission
Additional comments:
The Electronic Communication Act (www.crc.bg/section.php?lang=en&id=25). Tcompany should apply for individually assigned limited resource - numbers.
There are foreign firms currently operating in this sector
The owner and operator of the wired telecommunication infrastructure in Bulgaria is the Bulgarian Telecommunication Company. 15 other operators have an insignificant share of the market due to high entry barriers, such as development costs of fixed lines infrastructure, etc.
Min: 3 weeks
Max: 6 weeks

A license of individually assigned limited resource - numbers, without tender.