Infigate to build DM 60-80 mln telecom cable in Poland
German company Infigate, backed by Deutsche Bank, plans to build a DM
60-80 million fiber-optic data transmission cable from Warsaw to the
German border as part of its telecom network in Central Europe. The cost
of the entire network is estimated at DM 450 million. "At first we had
been considering leasing fiber-optics from Polish companies. But we
decided it will be faster to build our own telecom cable," said Krzysztof
Michalak, head of Infigate's Warsaw office. He promised that the company
would obtain all the permits necessary for constructing the cable and
would co-operate with Polish companies. In Germany, however, it will not
build its own cable, but will lease one from Wingas, a subsidiary of
German Wintershall and Gazprom of Russia. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p.22) T.J.
