Changes to telecommunications law should make life easier for operators

By the end of May the government should accept the draft amendments to the telecommunications law which will later be discussed by parliament. At Friday's press conference, Deputy Infrastructure Minister Krzysztof Heller said that it is essential to introduce changes to the telecommunications law in order to provide each subscriber with a fixed-line telephone number regardless if the subscriber changes their place of residence, as well as to annul the installments operators have to pay for telecommunications li censes. "The project is presently being discussed by the ministries," said Heller. He added that the government is currently working on creating a strong competitor to the TPSA telecom giant. "The document is being prepared by the infrastructure ministry with the cooperation of economy ministry and the treasury ministry," said Heller. The creation of the competitive telecom group is being discussed by operators including NOM, Tel-Energo as well as Dialog, Netia and Szeptel. (Gazeta Wyborcza, May 11-12, p. 29) A.Z.