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15 November 2000

Netia added to Warsaw Stock Exchange's WIG20 Index of the top twenty Polish Stocks


Warsaw, Poland - November 15, 2000 - Netia Holdings SA (Nasdaq: NTIA, WSE: NET), Poland's largest alternative fixed-line telecommunications services provider, announced today that the Warsaw Stock Exchange's Management Board has selected the Company's shares to be included into the WIG20 Index, effective today.

The WIG20 Index is composed of the shares of the twenty largest and most actively traded companies listed on the main market of the Warsaw Stock Exchange, weighted by the market's turnover and capitalisation.

Avi Hochman, Netia's Chief Financial Officer commented: "Netia is delighted to be joining the WIG20 Index, Poland's main stock market benchmark and a key reference point for the global financing community. Netia's inclusion reflects the Company's financial success and position as Poland's leading alternative telecommunications provider".


NETIA HOLDINGS is the largest alternative fixed-line telecommunications operator in Poland. Netia has 24 licenses for local telecommunications services in territories covering some 15 million people or approximately 40% of the Polish population. The Company's existing local telephone license territories cover six of the country's ten largest urban areas including Warsaw, Krakow, Poznan, Gdansk, Lublin and Katowice. Netia has also secured the benefit of a nationwide data and IP license to provide data transmission and Internet-based services. In May 2000 the Netia 1 consortium was issued the nationwide domestic long distance voice license.