Anna Strezynska said that liberalisation so far had saved customers of TPSA US$ 451 million a year, and further liberalisation would enable significant additional savings. She said that by January the government would draft a new law that would replace current regulator URTiP – which small operators such as Netia and Tele2 have criticised – with a stronger organisation.

Strezynska said that the government was thinking of writing off the outstanding amount due from operators for third-generation UMTS mobile licenses, in exchange for investment of the same amount in broadband services for rural areas. Operators Polkomtel, PTC and TPSA's Centertel unit owe a total of 1.1 billion euros.

Source: Reuters - WDR/Intelecon Regulatory News