Baltic Telecommunications:
The European Union’s Wireless Interest
Abstract:
Along with seven other Central and Eastern European countries, the Baltics will
in only six months time likely gain acceptance into one of the world’s boldest
experiments in cooperative politics. As the Baltics begin to forge new ties with their
European neighbors, as well renew alliances with former Cold War era foes, a myriad of
social, economic and political considerations await them. This will require facile
administration of, among other elements necessary for a successful transition, wireless
communication technologies. In the spirit of shrugging off all that represented Soviet
domination, the Baltics States have embraced wireless technology to pave the way for the
next communication paradigm, adopting the GSM standard as required for EU inclusion.
As European wireless communications becomes ever more powerful on the global front,
it bears investigating without judgment how the EU benefits from these new countries
joining. This paper will illustrate how although joining the European Union will have a
clear and positive impact on the Baltic States, the EU itself stands to gain equally much,
if not more, from direct investment in open markets of the Baltics’ nascent wireless
communications industry.
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