TP SA slapped with yet another fine, but this time its for lowering rates
The Telecommunication Regulation Office (URT) is investigating whether
national telecom provider Telekomunikacja Polska S.A. (TP SA) has run afoul
of the law. According to legislation effective Jan. 1, it must reveal plans
to change prices for service at least a month in advance. TP SA failed to do
so by announcing on January 29 lowered rates for inter-city calls beginning
in February. That move put local operators in a difficult position; they
could decide to grant the reduction, and thus break the law, or delay the
discount, and thus disappoint their clients. Meanwhile, the Office for
Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) fined TP SA zl. 500,000 for
unfair treatment of some of its customers, just one week after hitting it
with a zl. 54 million fine. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B3, Gazeta Wyborcza, p.21)
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