TV Vectra among hopefuls to buy TPSA cable TV as deadline approaches

Telecoms giant, TPSA has set April 23 as the final date for submitting offe rs concerning the sale of its cable television networks it controls in nine cities. The tender concerns cable operators in Wrocław, Olsztyn, Poznań, Sz czecin and five other smaller cities, which have a combined total of around 50,000 users. Their value was initially estimated at between zł. 30-40 mill ion however, Puls Biznesu has learned that some of the offers exceed zł. 50 million. According to unofficial information, the companies which stand the biggest chance of winning the contract, include Multimedia Polska and TV Ve ctra cable operators. The two largest cable operators on the market, UPC and Aster City, are also mentioned as possible winners. TPSA announced that alt hough some venture capital funds have submitted offers, sector investors wi ll be preferred. (Puls Biznesu, p. 5) A.K.