TP begins to fight back against market liberalization

This is a key step to liberalize the market and TP is fighting back as half of its fixed-line telephony revenues come from subscription fees alone. It is trying to hide behind trade unions whose representatives warned that TP will have to make between 3,000-5,000 employees redundant to remain competitive on the market and cut down investments by half. Analysts of bank BZ WBK confirm these pessimistic predictions. TP said it will also appeal against the unfavorable decision, even to Brussels. UKE director, Anna Strezynska, refuses to shoulder responsibility for TP's cost cutting program and points out that savings and investments in new technologies are inevitable and it is TP's problem how the company is going to meet market requirements. (Puls Biznesu, p. 8) J.L.