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Netia Launches New Service: Netia 1055 Internet Telephony.


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Netia Holdings S.A. (Nasdaq: NTIAQ, WSE WSE Web Services Enhancements (Microsoft)
WSE Warsaw Stock Exchange (Warsaw, Poland)
WSE Symposium on Web Site Evolution (IEEE International Symposum) 
: NET), Poland's largest alternative provider of fixed-line Refers to wired devices. For example, a fixed-line phone is a standard phone with the handset wired to the base unit in contrast to a portable phone or cellphone.  telecommunications services In telecommunication, the term telecommunications service has the following meanings:

1. Any service provided by a telecommunication provider.

2.
, today announced its new service: Netia 1055 Internet telephony Another term for IP telephony and VoIP. In the late 1990s, some people made a distinction between Internet Telephony and VoIP: Internet telephony referred to voice over the public Internet, while VoIP referred to voice over private IP networks. .

The new Netia 1055 service complements existing service offerings of Netia 1, a Netia Holdings subsidiary offering domestic long-distance long-dis·tance
adj.
1. Covering a long distance: a long-distance runner; operating under long-distance supervision.

2.
 services through 1055 prefix The beginning or to add to the beginning. To prefix a header onto a packet means to place the header characters in front of the packet. "To prefix" at the beginning is the opposite of "to append" characters at the end. See prepend.

1.
. The service offers customers the chance to make cheaper international calls based on the Voice over IP technology.

The service is available to all Netia 1 clients via free of charge access numbers. The tariff tariff, tax on imported and, more rarely, exported goods. It is also called a customs duty. Tariffs may be distinguished from other taxes in that their predominant purpose is not financial but economic—not to increase a nation's revenue but to protect domestic  plans are as follows:

                                economic tariff (1)
                     ----------------------------------------
Country               Net price in  VAT (22%)  Gross price in
                          PLZ                        PLZ
-------------------------------------------------------------
Europe*, Russia           1.00         0.22         1.22
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
Australia,
 China, Hongkong,
 Israel, Japan,
 Canada, New Zeland,
 Taiwan, USA              2.00         0.44         2.44
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
Other countries           4.00         0.88          4.88
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
Call connection fee                      -
-------------------------------------------------------------

                               active tariff(2)
                     ----------------------------------------
Country               Net price in   VAT (22%)    Gross price
                           PLZ                       in PLZ
-------------------------------------------------------------
Europe*, Russia           1.15          0.25          1.40
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
Australia,
 China, Hongkong,
 Israel, Japan,
 Canada, New Zeland,
 Taiwan, USA              2.25          0.50          2.75
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
Other countries           4.05          0.89          4.94
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
Call connection fee       0.10          0.02          0.12
-------------------------------------------------------------


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, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, Yugoslavia.

Explanatory ex·plan·a·to·ry  
adj.
Serving or intended to explain: an explanatory paragraph.



ex·plan
 notes

1) The charge for international calls in the "Economic" tariff

plan is counted on a per-minute basis.

2) The charge for international calls in the "Active" tariff plan

is a sum of the call connection fee and a per-second charge.

Some of the information contained in this news release contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement

A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections.
. Readers are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, and that actual results may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors. For a more detailed description of these risks and factors, please see the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the Commission on March 28, 2002, its Current Report on Form 6-K filed with the Commission on April 3, 2002, it Current Reports on Forms 6-K filed with the Commission on May 6, 2002, its Current Report on Form 6-K filed with the Commission on May 7, 2002, its Current Report on Form 6-K filed with the Commission on May 20, 2002, and its Current Report on Form 6-K filed with the Commission on May 24, 2002. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements.
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