GTS takeover could put Netia on the ropes over data

Even though another competitor for the firm is Netia, according to Puls Biznesu daily, GTS is much more likely to win. If negotiations go well, Energis may change hands as soon as this summer. In December last year GTS took over another telecom operator for over EUR 60 million and the company's projected revenues this year are EUR 220 million (zł.880 million). The acquisition of Energis by GTS would result in the strengthening of the former's position. The firm would become one of the largest alternative telecom operators, with sales exceeding zł.400 million. The takeover would, in turn, weaken Netia's position, as the combined competitors would oust the firm from the most attractive sector of the fixed line telephones market, namely data transmission and services for business clients. (Puls Biznesu, p. 3) A.F.