Netia to start internet service
Netia, Poland's largest private telecom company, announced last Wednesday that it would start dial-up internet access service in April through InterNetia (www.internetia.pl), its internet portal subsidiary.
The company's internet package will include some free services, such as registration and subscription, three e-mail addresses, 15 megabytes of e-mail space, an initial five free hours of phone connections, a personal web page and a CD-ROM containing Microsoft internet applications. InterNetia clients will pay for local-call charges only, but will receive a 20% discount on local calls made to the InterNetia service during off-peak hours.
"We come to the market with the largest range of bundled internet services in one package, making it easy for businesses and residential customers to access and utilize the internet," said Meir Srebernik, the president and chief executive officer of Netia, in a prepared statement.
The service will be offered first to Netia's voice-telephony subscribers in April, and then to new internet customers in May. Internet access will be provided to users in seven major cities, including Warsaw, Gdansk and Krakow.
Netia expects to gain at least 20,000 registered users by the end of this year and to compete with state-controlled telecom operator Telekomunikacja Polska, which offers only internet access without any additional services, Reuters reported last week. Jolanta Ciesielska, Netia's spokeswoman, could not be reached for further details about the service.
