Domestic mobile operator losing ground

"We plan to have a few dozen thousand subscribers of this service by the end of the year," said Pawel Szarkowski of PTC. The company, which until recently was a market leader in Poland, is currently losing ground to competitors Polkomtel and Centertel. It is already second, but it might slide into last place by the end of the year. "PTC has made a good move, especially if the service does not require substantial investments," said Krzysztof Kaczmarczyk from DB Securities. However PTC's plans might be blocked by UKE, as it might use these plans as a pretext to further lower inter-operator fees. "If PTC is capable of providing the service at such low rates, why can't it further lower prices of connections ended in mobile phone networks?" asked Anna Strezynska, president of UKE. (Puls Biznesu,p.13) M.M.