TPSA under fire from its competitors for abusing its market dominance

Three of Poland's biggest local telecommunications operators have accused Telekomunikacja Polska (TPSA) of monopolistic practices in its introduction of a pilot program in selected regions of the country. Two of the companies, Dialog and El-Net, have applied to the Office for Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) to take legal action against TPSA, accusing it of poaching their subscribers by advertising its new service, at a time when its competitors were still having to use TPSA's networks. El-Net and the third company, Netia, are also planning to apply for a UOKiK ruling concerning TPSA's charges for inter-area calls. They say TPSA is offering their customers a reduced charge, while continuing to charge the operators themselves the same price as before. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B3) K.K.