Plus and Era claim TPSA is using unfair practices

Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa (PTC) and Polkomtel have filed antimonopoly legal proceedings against TPSA to the president of the Office for Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK). They are protesting against the introduction of a common offer by TPSA and PTK Centertel for business clients. The mobile phone operators' claim that TPSA and PTK Centertel have made " an informal agreement which indicates that the two companies are in collusion in order to eliminate, or limit competition on the core market. TPSA and PTK, for example, are offering their business clients a subsidized purchase of switchboards on the condition that they agree to use PTK Centertel mobile services for a minimum of five years. PTC and Polkomtel say that in this way TPSA has infringed the regulations of the law on consumer and competition protection. " The acquisition of a large number of new business clients by Centertel in this way is possible due to the TPSA's market strength," say mobile phone operators. Polkomtel admits that in the last few months it has lost some of its business clients due to TPSA's aggressive marketing a ctivities. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B2) A.Z.