21 - May 24th thru May 30th 1999, Vol
IX
Privatization of Communication Sector
I recently read that our government is discussing the possibility of privatizing
the Public Telecommunications Authority. The price it asks for is 100 Million
USD.
I did not believe it. Until now I did not know if this was true.
I am writing this letter to express my disgust. The infrastructure of
the telecommunications in our country will fetch a minimum of a few billion
dollars, not millions. So if this news is true, then I think some people
in power must be in line to buy it. Nothing else can explain thus very
cheap price.
In any country that privatization has taken place, it is the non-profitable
state companies which are privatized, not the successful ones. Additionally,
a part of the company is allocated for ordinary citizens to buy, so that
those who rule the country do not carry the whole thing.
Masoud Qabili
masq@ue.eti.pg.gda.pl
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Andy Martynyuk
Moscow, Russian
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