Idea meets targets; achieves second spot

PTK Centertel, the operator of the Idea mobile network, will meet its financial targets for this year. Last year, the company earned revenues of zł. 3.46 billion, while this year it hopes to show an increase of 25% to zł. 4.3 billion. After nine months of 2003, Centertel had revenues of zł. 3.27 billion, of which zł. 1.2 billion was recorded during the third quarter alone. Company representatives estimate that the sector will not maintain this fast pace of growth in 2004, and, therefore, revenues will not increase significantly. In the middle of 2003, the operator had over 5.1 million customers, making it the second largest operator after Era, which is run by Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa.According to company estimates, its share of the contract market in the third quarter stood at 33.2%. The company also managed to halt a trend of falling average revenue per user, which currently stands at zł. 73. (Parkiet, p. 4) A.K.