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A public utility company is an enterprise controlled or closely regulated by government authority at some level providing services in the public interest, typically in an area of infrastructure.
Although originally postal services were in many countries government-owned public utility companies with characteristics of a monopoly, today this is a highly competitive field where many private companies offer their services.
Traditionally, public utility companies were supplying essential goods and services such as electricity, water, gas, postal and telephone services, as well as maintaining related infrastructure. These companies were mostly natural monopolies. Today, in many areas infrastructure is detached from the provided service so people may choose a provider of, for instance, electricity or telecommunication services. Public utility companies may be owned and run publicly or privately. In either case, are closely regulated because there is a public interest in having stable, reliable, and universally accessible infrastructure and related services.
Podnik veřejných služeb je firma, kterou kontroluje nebo přísně reguluje vláda nebo místní autority na různých úrovních a který zajištuje určité služby ve veřejném zájmu, typicky v oblasti infrastruktury.
Ačkoliv původně byly poštovní služby v mnoha zemích státem vlastněné podniky veřejných služeb s charakteristikami monopolu, dnes se jedná o vysoce konkurenční oblast, ve které nabízí své služby mnoho soukromých firem.
Podniky veřejných služeb tradičně dodávaly nepostradatelné zboží a služby jako elektřina, voda, plyn, poštovní a telefonní služby a udržovaly i související infrastrukturu. Tyto podniky byly většinou přirozenými monopoly. Dnes je v mnoha oblastech infrastruktura oddělena od poskytované služby, takže lidé si mohou například zvolit poskytovatele elektrické energie nebo telekomunikačních služeb. Podniky veřejných služeb mohou být vlastněny a provozovány soukromou společností nebo státem. V obou případech jsou však přísně regulovány, neboť existuje veřejný zájem na stabilní, spolehlivé a obecně dostupné infrastruktuře a souvisejících službách.
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