09/19/14
The political representatives discussed a range of problematic areas related to telecommunications. We remind that owing to unilateral actions taken by relevant authorities of the Republic of Moldova the Moldovan telecommunications operators were sold radio frequencies used long in Pridnestrovie (800 MHz frequency range) that may lead to creation of mutual interference by Pridnestrovian and Moldovan providers, and therefore result in significant adverse effects for population.The Pridnestrovian side expressed grave concern with the situation and drew attention to the fact that at the meeting of the expert (working) group on telecommunications and postal service on September 9, 2014 the Moldovan experts turned out to be unready for substantive discussion of possible technical decisions that require to be made immediately by all parties concerned. Today, due to the situation the Pridnestrovian side presented a set of practical proposals on the settlement of the issue of joint use of radio frequencies, however even now, despite the fact that the issue had been approved in advance in the agenda for discussion, the representatives of the Republic of Moldova found themselves unready for substantive dialogue. “Pridnestrovie voiced a number of proposals on how to avoid mutual interference under circumstances where the Moldovan side sold a license to operate on those radio frequencies which traditionally were used by the Pridnestrovian side. We drew on the international experience, recommendations of the International Telecommunication Union. Meanwhile, that dialogue proved to be productive enough. We proposed the organization of expert meeting jointly with the political representatives in order to determine next steps and not to undertake any actions before it which could lead to a“phone war”, that people once got through,” – noted Nina Shtanski.
