Activities of the local government units in the scope of telecommunication

The public sphere which is the closest to the inhabitants is managed by the local government. The legislator entrusted this local government with a number of tasks that should certainly be defined as basic from the point of view of the local and regional communities. These tasks having the nature of a public interest include also tasks related to telecommunication. The local government units as entities financed to a large extent from the public funds could abuse their market position by competing with telecommunication companies, therefore, they were obliged by the legislator to comply with the rules of the market game, including fair competition. They cannot, therefore, abuse their position in the scope of telecommunication activities or in the case of developing telecommunication infrastructure or sharing it with others.