Netia acquires El-Net and sets its sights on Dialog

The value of El-Net, taking into account its long-term liabilities owed to Elektrim Telekomunikacja (ET) and a bank consortium, was assessed at zł. 96.5 million. Netia was competing with a consortium of financial institutions headed by Raiffeisen Investment Polska to buy El-Net. The acquisition means that Netia has become the largest independent operator with around 420,000 customers. This however, is not the end of its consolidation plans. "We hope that Dialog will be next," announced Wojciech Mądalski, Netia's President, adding that the company is already taking a part in the bid to take over Telefonia Dialog organized by KGHM. (Puls Biznesu, p. 7) A.K.