Netia and Millennium Communications take it to court

Owners of Millennium Communications, a firm managing telecom infrastructure inside buildings, say that Netia broke the regulations of a buyout agreement signed on Aug.8, 2000. They demand that Netia withdraw from the agreement and pay compensation. As Netia management calls such claims ⌠rubbish■, the whole problem is not likely to be solved until a court case begins in March. Millennium's chief accusations against Netia refer to the latter company▓s order that Millennium terminate cooperation with other telecom operators such as El-Net and TP SA. They argue that such cooperation is permitted by the agreement, whereas Netia officials claim they're allowed to look for any way of increasing Millennium's profits. ⌠The agreement makes Millennium become part of our group. It's quite normal and unavoidable that we don't cooperate with all operators on the market,■ said Jolanta Ciesielska from Netia. (Puls Biznesu, p.9) M.K.