Telefonia Dialog and Exatel to join forces in Q1

They also plan to enter the bourse together in the future. "The companies plan to start offering common services in Q1 of 2005," said Witold Czyżewski, Exatel's president. That will also be the date when they present their common business offer. The strategic cooperation agreement should bring profit to both parties: "Dialog has access to the final customer, while we have certain difficulties with the last mile, that is with accessing the final customer. We are counting on reaching business and individual clients," added Czyżewski. Telefonia Dialog, on the other hand, will be able to use the billing system owned by Exatel, and Dialog will also be able to offer broadband internet access. The worth of the new entity would be around zł.1 billion. The National Grid intends to persuade KGHM that the common IPO that would take place in Q1 2006 is a profitable solution. (Parkiet, p. 5) D.W.