The beginning of the week was heralded by European antitrust officials accusing Telekomunikacja Polska, the main telecoms company in Poland, of abusing its dominant market position.

Now owned by France Telecom, Telekomunikacja Polska was raided in late 2008 and now the preliminary findings of the European Commission is that Telekomunikacja Polska had not provided remunerated access to its network, thereby abusing its position as the dominant telecoms company.

As a result of this abuse, many other telecoms companies had to undergo long and difficult processes to gain access to its network. The European Commission has given Telekomunikacja Polska eight weeks to respond to the charges and the company could face fines. A huge deterrent I’m sure.