TPSA calls off zl.500 million billing system tender

Telecommunications giant Telekomunikacja Polska (TPSA) has cancelled a zl.500 million tender for its new billing system. According to unofficial sources quoted in Gazeta Wyborcza, six international companies, namely Cap Gemini, Lucent Technologies, Hewlett-Packard, Spin, EDS and Amdocs, took part in the bid but only three of these were short-listed. French company Sofrecom, part of France Telecom, which holds a 33.93% stake in TPSA, was not listed in the tender. On Friday TPSA informed all participants that the bid had been called off. According to a source close to the deal, TPSA cancelled the tender as a result of a new strategy for developing the billing system. TPSA intends to introduce a new system specifically for its corporate clients, which would bring down operational costs to zl.250 million. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 22) M.T.K.