Regulation in Telecommunications in the Czech Republic

Telecommunications is a heavily regulated area. This work describes the telecommunications industry in the Czech Republic, analyses the need for regulation and its possibilities. The approaches to regulation are evaluated and detailed analysis is made for the approach of rate of return regulation including calculation of weighted average cost of capital. In the end, the calculation is compared with the values used by the Czech Telecommunication Office.

Autorentext

Lubos Lauer is working at a broadcasting company. He has gained knowledge about telecommunication during his praxis in a management consulting company where was employed as a senior consultant. He has graduated from Institute of Economics at the Charles University, Prague.