Gaztelekom says Yamal fiber-optic cable to be completed in spring of 2001
Aleksandr Gordeyev, director of telecom firm Gaztelekom, a subsidiary of
Gazprom, announced yesterday that PolGaz Telekom would finish construction
of the Polish section of the Yamal fiber-optic cable connecting Moscow
with Berlin in spring 2001. He added that the value of the project
amounted to $100 million and the cable would enable PolGaz Telekom to
connect 38 million telephone calls yearly. Gaztelekom asserts that the
Polish government agreed to the project and was informed about its
commercial purpose. The company also claims that it is ready to "secure
all necessary permits for providing telecom services." (Gazeta Wyborcza,
p.1)
