Changes to telecoms law gives Netia new opportunities

The second largest telecommunications company, Netia, has announced the introduction of new, direct fixed-to-mobile (F2M) services for customers of other companies providing fixed line connections. Thanks to an amendment to the telecoms law concerning the automatic use of prefixes, customers can now use the service to make calls locally, internationally or to mobile phones with a predefined prefix. "We think that thanks to this new service the number of customers who will want to sign a contract with us will grow substantially," said Netia's spokeswoman Jolanta Ciesielska. During the first six months of this year, Netia recorded zł. 60 million in revenues from connections to mobile phones. A competing telecoms operator, Długie Rozmowy estimates the value of the market for connections from fixed lines to mobile phones will reach zł. 4.79 billion this year and zł. 5.39 billion in 2004. (Parkiet, p. 5) A.K.