Telecoms watchdog acts against TPSA over Netia deal

The President of the Telecommunication and Postal Regulatory Office (URT) has initiated proceedings against Telekomunikacja Polska SA (TPSA) for failure to abide by the order of the Office of February 15, 2002. TPSA is likely to suffer a penalty amounting to 3% of last year's revenues - and TPSA's consolidated revenues for last year amounted to zl. 17.3 billion. The order of the URT President referred to a change to an agreement on co-operation between Netia Telekom Lublin SA and TPSA. An investigation showed that TPSA did not adhere to the conditions of connecting the telecommunication network, and hence did not provide users of the joint network with the widest possible access to telecommunication services. The URT ordered TPSA to present its standpoint on the issue within seven days. (Prawo i Gospodarka, p. 3) K.K.