Nebis (OTE): Telecom remains a competitive market

Driven by mobile telephony, ICT services, and the continued rollout of fiber-to-the-home and concern (FTTH) networks, OTE recorded higher revenues and operating profitability successful the archetypal 4th of 2026.

At the aforesaid time, its absorption appears cautious regarding the imaginable of PPC expanding into the mobile telecommunications market. Speaking to analysts pursuing the announcement of the Group’s results, OTE Chairman and CEO Kostas Nebis said that “it is still too aboriginal to gully harmless conclusions,” arsenic neither the exemplary for allocating spectrum successful the 900 MHz and 1800 MHz bands nor the last participants successful the process person yet been clarified.

PPC’s introduction into the sector

Naftemporiki has revealed PPC’s involvement successful the mobile spectrum that will beryllium reallocated pursuing the expiration successful 2027 of the applicable usage rights held by OTE, Vodafone and Nova. PPC participated successful the nationalist consultation launched by the Hellenic Telecommunications and Post Commission (EETT), while marketplace sources bespeak that its involvement was not constricted to a specific frequence set but extended much broadly crossed the available spectrum.

In the market, this determination is being viewed arsenic an denotation that the institution is considering entering the mobile telecommunications assemblage arsenic well, though absorption has yet to uncover its intentions. Nebis besides noted that the starting prices for the spectrum acceptable by the  Hellenic Telecommunications and Post Commission  are astatine tenable levels, while stressing that it remains too aboriginal to marque estimates regarding the people of the process. “We will spot however things make erstwhile the EETT announces further details,” helium said.

Responding to a question connected whether OTE sees immoderate interaction from PPC’s enlargement into FTTH, the Group’s main enforcement emphasized that “the marketplace has ever been and remains competitive,” referring to the fiscal results announced, which, helium noted, amusement that OTE’s subscriber basal remains stable.