UOKiK files anti-monopolist charges against TPSA

The Office for Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) has instigated anti-monopolist proceedings against Telekomunikacja Polska (TPSA) after the latter increased the subscription fee for its fast internet connection ISDN by 60%, Gazeta Wyborcza learned unofficially. Last month TPSA informed its customers that from December 1, the new subscription fee for accessing the internet would be between zł. 67.00 and zł. 97.00. According to Gazeta Wyborcza, TPSA internet users had to invest more than zł. 1000 in the equipment required to use the ISDN system. "They will have to either accept the more expensive service or dispose of the purchased equipment, which does not work with analog connections" wrote the newspaper. (Gazeta Wyborcza, Sept. 20-21; p. 30) A.Z.