KPN may cold shoulder Netia's license proposal

KPN's financial director Marcel Smits said that the company currently has other priorities, associated with implementation of new technologies in KPN's fixed-line networks. "I don't know if this statement is binding... Besides, we have never said that we are only talking to one potential partner. On the contrary," said Netia president Wojciech Mądalski. However, Mądalski also says that aside from getting the licenses, which he views as the best option, Netia also has other alternatives, such as launching a virtual operator, or reselling the services of existing mobile operators in a package together with its own fixed-line services. "We are discussing these ideas, but these talks take time." Rival independent operator Energis has similar plans, but unlike Netia, it has no intentions of bidding for the mobile licenses on offer. (Puls Biznesu, p.10) T.J.