IT & Telecoms In Brief: UMTS tender terms to be announced; Nowa Neostrada

The Post and Telecommunication Regulation Office (URTiP), headed by Witold Graboś, will tomorrow announce the terms on which mobile phone frequencies UMTS and GSM 1800 will be sold. This will be the last chance for a potential fourth player to enter the market. Sector analysts speculate that the only way a new company could win the right to the frequencies would be to block the remaining three operators from the bid. (Puls Biznesu, p. 1) ... Following the introduction of Nowa Neostrada, a relatively cheap Internet access system by TP SA in June, its market competitors have been forced to review their offers. In order to halt the trend of customers switching to the telecom giant, smaller ISPs have decided to begin promoting integrated services, namely simultaneous Internet access and cable TV. They have also withdrawn from charging for installation and payments for modems. (Puls Biznesu, p. 6) A.K.