No discount for TPSA subscribers cut off by floods

But TPSA has announced that these cut-off subscribers will not receive a discount off their monthly telephone bill. The monopoly telecoms operator said it did not have to give a discount because the flooding was a natural catastrophe that was out of its control. The state-owned giant has increased its estimated losses from flood damages to 1.3 billion zl. Despite damage from the floods, TPSA is pushing ahead with plans to expand its network. The company yesterday said it signed a deal for a radio access network with Alcatel, Nortel, Sat Polska, Siemens and ZWUT. The new network will allow TPSA to add another 150,000 subscribers. TPSA has also signed a deal with Ericsson to arrange a subscription system for radio access in Siedlce province. (Gazeta Wyborcza, page 22, Rzeczpospolita, page 11)