New telecoms regs: Vodafone calls on EU to intervene

UK telecoms operator Vodafone, a shareholder in Polkomtel (the owner of the Plus GSM mobile network) and the most likely candidate to become a strategic investor in the firm, has written to Guenter Verheugen, the Commissioner for EU Expansion, asking him to intervene in the formation of a new legal framework for telecoms in this country. Vodafone has asked the Commissioner to examine the regulations concerning the accessibility of the network to outside operators and to define such terms as 'leading position.' "The current draft shows that Poland disregards the meaning, implementation and execution of EU directives concerning electronic communications, which was widely discussed between the Commission and representatives of the Polish government," reads the letter, which was presented to the Prime Minister and representatives of the Infrastructure Ministry yesterday. Meanwhile, domestic operators have submitted their own views on the formation of the new law, which they hope will be taken on board when the Sejm debates the issue today. (Puls Biznesu, p. 3) A.K.