Bargain price licenses considered to entice rural phone network investments

According to Telecommunications Minister Tomasz Szyszko, the Telecommunications Ministry is considering the possibility of lowering license fees for independent operators who would invest in the development of rural phone networks. This would be one of the forms of aid provided to independent operators in order to enable them to function on the national telecommunications market. This is the conclusion of the report presented by the Ministry last Thursday revealing problems of independent operators with fulfilling investment obligations. (Rzeczpospolita, May 27-28, page B2) K.S.