Russia’s President Putin has instructed a number of ministries and agencies, along with the Media and Communication Union (MKS), to submit proposals on how to ensure telecom operators have non-discriminatory access to multi-occupation homes.
Vedomosti reports that they have been given a deadline of July 1 to address a problem that existed for a number of years.
It adds that operators regularly complain about problems related to access to homes, with one (ER Telecom) paying 0.5% of its revenues for such access in 2011, only to see that figure rise to almost 3% three years later.
Akado Telecom meanwhile says it has seen the fees it is charged increase by 800% and VimpelCom complains about the obstruction caused by management companies, chiefly the unjustified increase in fees.
