Belarus’ ICT ministry has declined to renew mobile operator BelCel’s licence to operate in the telecoms sector.
The ministry said in a statement that its decision is based on BelCel’s failure to fulfil terms and conditions of its current licence,…
Belarus’ ICT ministry has declined to renew mobile operator BelCel’s licence to operate in the telecoms sector.
The ministry said in a statement that its decision is based on BelCel’s failure to fulfil terms and conditions of its current licence, which runs until 23 January 2014. The ministry noted that the Minsk-based operator has failed to provide coverage to 90% of the population and certain sections of motorway under the IMT-MC-450 standard.
BelCel, which operates under the brand name Diallog, launched commercial operations in 1993 and claims on its website to cover more than 70% of the national territory. The mobile operator is owned by Netherlands-based CIB BV and Cyprus-based Jarash.
BelCel is the smallest of Belarus’ mobile operators, the others being MTS, Telekom Austria-controlled Velcom and Turkcell-controlled Life.
