Mobile phone market will continue to show huge strides, say analysts

Due to very poor penetration of the mobile phone market, analysts from CDM Pekao brokerage house expect further spectacular increases in operators' revenues. The Polish mobile phone market will become saturated in about 3-4 years, when market penetration will amount to 60%. At that moment, GSM operators will make attempts to win new customers. "Price competition will be a natural step," say CDM analysts. CDM believe that PTC will continue to be the most valuable Polish GSM operator. This opinion is supported by the fact that currently PTC boasts the largest market share, a relatively good database of customers, the highest quality infrastructure and rational management of funds. Analysts placed PTK Centertel second since, "Centertel's late entry into the market has coerced rationalization of investments and operational costs". (Puls Biznesu, p. 3) A.Z.