Telefonia Dialog staff claim Netia would cut jobs for profit

Independent telecom Netia is increasingly interested in purchasing its competitor Telefonia Dialog (TD), which is owned by copper conglomerate KGHM. Netia president Wojciech Mądalski claims that the merger would create a larger combined network of one million clients, wider product portfolio and higher financial efficiency. On the other hand employees of TD claim that Netia's only interest in purchasing their company is savings and would result in job losses and the end of their company. Mądalski does not hide the fact that his telecoms business has grown so rapidly largely as a result of acquisitions and if he is unable to purchase Telefonia Dialog he will look for another company. TD is stressing organic growth, which can be based on partnership relations with other entities, but its management is also mentioning an IPO. (Puls Biznesu, pp. 1, 4) M.M.