Netia appoints new president and to sack one third of TDC IP staff

According to Rzeczpospolita, TDC Internet Polska (TDC IP), company offering Internet access services, which was taken over by Netia for euro 1,000 from Danish TDC Internet last week, has cancelled trade union employment contrac ts. "We are just continuing the policy of reducing employment," said Netia spokeswoman Jolanta Ciesielska. The previous management informed the labor office that it intended to lay off 100 out of the 260 strong workforce. Mor eover, TDC IP has also changed its management board and the new president of the company is Waldemar Opałka. Netia's spokeswoman added that her company would also consolidate the seven companies constituting TDC IP. In the mean time, Netia is also restructuring itself and by the end of 2003 it should c onsolidate all its telecom companies into Netia Telekom, and it later will be joined by its Internet subsidies. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B3) M.M.