Kosovo Albanian authorities disable Serbian mobile networks
The Kosovo Albanian authorities in Pristina removed the equipment of all Belgrade-based mobile operators this morning.
(KosovoCompromise Staff) Friday, April 23, 2010
This happened in central Kosovo, reports said.
Eyewitnesses, who secured the premises, said that "special police" broke into Telekom, Telenor and VIP structures to help cut off cables and take down equipment, at around 05:00 CET.
Eyewitnesses said that workers of a "telecommunications regulatory body" from Pristina removed transmitters and randomly severed cables.
As a consequence, 40,000 Serbs are either left without service in that part of the province, or have very poor reception.
Telekom Srbija said they would issue a statement once they have learned about what exactly happened and who was responsible for what they called an act of vandalism.
Meanwhile, Telekom workers are currently working to enable landline telephony in the villages surrounding the Serb enclave of Gracanica.
