The Estonian Transport Ministry ordered Eesti Telefon to obstruct the use of a communications line and numbers used by Supertel and registered with the Artamix company by July 26.
The Finnish company started offering an international long-distance service based on Internet technology after it had published ads in local newspapers at the beginning of June.
The state telephone company and the Estonian Transport Ministry said Supertel had violated the law because Eesti Telefon has monopoly rights on providing long-distance services until the end of next year.
Eesti Telefon said it will cut off Artamix and consequently Supertel because it had assigned the communications line and numbers for linking terminal installations, not for creation of a new communications network.
According to Estonian regulations, a company needs a license to set up and operate a communications network.
The state telephone monopoly said Supertel's Estonian branch does not have a license to create a public communications network, and thus its activity is against the law.
The Finnish company said its activity complies with Estonian laws because it uses the existing network to offer its services and had not set up anything new.
Ants Aasmets, director of Supertel's Estonian branch, said July 15 the company had filed an application with the Tallinn City Court to cancel the Transport Ministry's decision.
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