Investor Presentaiton
Opportunities to Foreign Investment in Kosovo
6.1 Case Study 1:
Post and Telecommunications of Kosovo (PTK)
Brief summary
The Post, Telephone and Telegraph of Kosovo were established in 1959 under a Decision
no. 1115497/1-1959 of the Steering Council of Yugoslavian PTT Communion. Then, as
of 13.09.1990 all the Albanian employees and other minorities who disagreed with the
politics of Milosevic were driven out of their workplaces by force. During the war all the
office items and assets of the PTK were stolen, demolished, and some of them completely
damaged. After the war, negotiating teams of the PTK, KFOR and UNMIK enabled the
legal return of employees to their workplaces. At that time, postal services were
unfeasible whereas the Telephony and Telegraphy of Kosovo as well as international
connections were almost inoperative.
After 6 years of efforts, PTK has established following three business units: Post of
Kosovo, Telecom of Kosovo, and Vala mobile network operator. These three business
units of the PTK are licensed by the Kosovo Telecommunications Regulatory Authority.
On 29 June 2005, PTK was transformed into a joint-stock-company under the new name
of PTK J.S.C.
PTK J.S.C. has actually a five years business plan with an investment of €550 Million.
Lack of international telephony code is the cause that still impedes the development of
the PTK, in comparing with other operators in the region and farther.
The Government of Kosovo decided to include PTK in the privatization process. The
Law on Publicly Owned Enterprises (POES) stipulates that "Shares in a Central POE may
be freely sold if the Government adopts a written decision authorizing a Government
Privatization Committee to proceed with the tendering and selling of such shares".
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