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Articles tagged with: Plus GSM
Polkomtel Shareholder Seeks Buyer for Stake
The Polish oil giant, PKN Orlen has hinted that it will seek to sell its 24.4% stake in the local mobile network operator, Polkomtel as soon as a shareholder pact expires at the end of the month. more
Related Tags: pkn-orlen, polkomtel, gsm, Poland
LTE Early Leader in 4G Wireless Race, But Others Gain
The early favorite in 4G wireless is the long-term roadmap for UMTS, LTE, but other technologies are now gaining support, according to a new study by Visant Strategies. more
Related Tags: mobile-wimax, mts, hspa, lte, femtocell, wimax,, cdma2000, hspa+, ev-do
Polish Police Use Jamming Kit to Block Protesters Phones
The polish newspaper, Dziennik has reported that the local police used jamming equipment to block the mobile phones belonging to nurses who had occupied the Prime Minister's Chancellory during last summer protesting for higher wages. more
Poland Market Update - the Battle Rages on
The total customer base in Poland grew in size to 38.7m at the end of June 2007, with the penetration rate breaking the 100% barrier during the second quarter to finish at 100.4%. Despite this watershed, the fierce competition for subscribers continues unabated. In fact, as we commented in Issue 58 of The Mobile World Briefing, Poland has one of the most competitive markets in the world in terms of customer numbers, with only 531k separating first from thirdd place.
In Q1 of this year Plus GSM (Polkomtel) overhauled ERA (PTC) to take second place behind Orange Poland (PTK), and although Orange stretched its lead slightly in Q2, it is still only 133k subscribers ahead of Plus GSM. ERA has gone from first place in Q3 2006 to third place in Q2 2007 and it recorded the lowest figure in the market for net additions (excluding new entrant P4) for the third successive quarter. As a whole, net additions have been falling since the record high of 2.32m in Q3 2006, and the figure of 0.82m for Q2 2007 was the lowest since Q3 2003. Average quarterly growth stands at just under 3% so far in 2007, compared to 5.8% in the full year 2006 and 6.0% in 2005.
In terms of market share, Orange is just 0.4pp ahead of Plus GSM with 33.8%, while ERA's figure of 32.4% is its lowest in 10 years. more
Nokia wins Polish 3G and GSM expansion contract
Nokia and the Polish operator Polkomtel have signed a frame agreement for the expansion and modernization of Polkomtel's GSM/EDGE and WCDMA 3G network. In addition, the agreement includes the Nokia Push to Talk over Cellular solution. Deliveries begin immediately and the expansion will be rolled-out during 2005. more
Related Tags: polkomtel, push-to-talk, tdc
Ericsson To Supply Network Equipment To Polkomtel
STOCKHOLM -(Dow Jones)- Swedish telecommunications equipment maker Telefon AB L.M. Ericsson (ERICY) Thursday said it has signed a frame agreement with the Polish operator Polkomtel S.A. PKT.YY) to supply GSM, EDGE and WCDMA network equipment to complement the existing Plus GSM network. more
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Modifications to Polish 3G contract
Nokia has been chosen by Poland's Polkomtel to supply and deploy the initial phase of its 3G network deployment in Poland, under amendments to the two companies' existing contract. In addition, Nokia will provide GSM/EDGE infrastructure to expand Polkomtel's existing mobile networks. 3G deliveries will begin in May; deliveries of EDGE have already started. more
Third Polish network joins PrePay top-up scheme
Euronet Worldwide, and the Polish GSM network, Plus GSM have announced an agreement that enables consumers to purchase PrePay phone vouchers at approximately 420 Euronet cash-machines (ATM) in Poland. Plus GSM is the second largest mobile phone operator in Poland with more than 2.5 million customers, 34% being prepaid. Euronet Worldwide now provides this service to all three GSM mobile operators in Poland and to mobile operators in three other Central European countries." more
Related Tags: euronet-worldwide
Polish networks continues to use Nokia for network enhancement
Nokia and the Polish GSM network, Polkomtel, have extended their long-term frame agreement for the supply of GSM equipment, in a deal worth approximately US$224 million. Nokia will continue to supply network infrastructure equipment to Polkomtel for the Plus GSM network, including the Nokia UltraSite and Nokia InSite base station solutions. Polkomtel has already taken delivery of Nokia Artuse Messaging Platform (WAP and Messaging modules, Nokia Artuse USSD Center, and Nokia Artuse Picture Messaging Application), following agreements with Nokia last year." more