Exatel scales down its WiMAX plans

At first Exatel will launch its services in Warsaw and Kraków. Although the previous management board focused on WiMAX and made it a key issue of the company, the current board is more cautious. That is why the project is going to be implemented on a smaller scale. Initially the network was supposed to cover 36 cities by the end of the year at a total cost of zl.150 million. Now Exatel is announcing that it is going to cover 19 cities by mid 2007 at a cost of zl.80 million. This year the project is developing and the first revenues should appear in 2007. The change of heart may simply reflect the fact that the company's management has changed several times this year. A week ago the supervisory board accepted the resignation of the last president Jaroslaw Starczewski. Now Wojciech Lubczynski is temporarily acting as the CEO. (Puls Biznesu p.10) M.M.