Albania Sells Stake in Mobile Operator

Albania has sold its 12.6 percent stake in mobile phone operator Albanian Mobile Communication to Greece’s Cosmote for €48.2 million. The purchase brings Cosmote’s stake in AMC to 97.6 percent.

Albania Court Upholds Fine for Mobile Operator

Tirana, Jan, 20, 2008 (AE)-A Tirana district court upheld a fine of 2 million euro on Albania Mobile Communication, AMC, by the Albania Competition Authority, ACA, for breaching market rules and unfair pricing methods.

Albania to Launch New Mobile Operator

Tirana, Jan. 8, 2008 (AE) – Albania’s Telecommunication Authority, ERT, will assign a new GSM license in the next few weeks.

Albania’s Petroleum Market Manipulated

Tirana, Dec. 16, 2008 (AENews) – A probe from Albanian’s Competition Authority, ACA, has found the country’s petroleum market has serious competitive restrains in almost every segment, ACA declared today.

Vodafone Subscribers Jump in Q3

Tirana, Nov. 11, 2008 (AENews) – Vodafone Albania added 59000 new subscribers in the third quarter of 2008.

Albanian government wants to sell minority stakes in formerly public-owned companies

Tirana, 29 Oct., 2008 (AENews) – Albanian government had drawn a list of minority stakes that it hold in different privatized companies, and intend to sell them in the next few months.

Competition Authority fines AMC and Vodafone Albania with 5.4 million dollars

Tirana, 12 November 2007 – A daily newspaper reports that the Competition Authority, after it has reviewed the issue of abuses of the two companies in the mobile phone market with their dominant position, concluded that both companies have established abusive fees to their costumers during the period of inquiry 2004-2005. “AMC” and “Vodafone” were [...]