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Kosovo dialling code implementation postponed GazetaExpress 2 minutes _____ The two mobile operators in Kosovo, Vala and Ipko have stated that it will be challenging to start implementation of the new Kosovo dialling code because of operational and technical issues with international partners. The director of the Regulatory Authority of Electronic and Postal Communications in Kosovo (ARKEP), Kreshnik Gashi, told Radio Free Europe that they have started procedures for sanctioning of the operators for failing to meet deadlines on removing international parallel dialling codes. Gashi said the ARKEP will not extend the deadline noting that they will start implementing sanctions as of 15 January 2019. According to Gashi, mobile telephony operators Vala and Ipko can be fined up to 10 thousand euro per month for failing to meet the deadline. Currently in Kosovo, mobile operator Vala uses the dialling code of Monaco, +377, whereas Ipko Slovenia code,+386, causing Kosovo additional financial burden. Gashi said that sanctions are the final measure taken by them asking the operators to implement an important state decision, namely full implementation of the code +383. Kosovo received the +383 dialling code in December 2016, from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The code was awarded to Kosovo after the dialogue in Brussels between Pristina and Belgrade facilitated by the EU. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "serbia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/serbia. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
