Orange keeping TPSA market leader in internet services

Orange has already acquired over 20,000 subscribers to internet services on TPSA's network, which owns Orange.

"We do not compete directly with Neostrada. The offer is directed mainly at clients of the Orange mobile phone network. This enables us to use another niche of the internet market under our brand," said Grażyna Piotrowska-Oliwa, president of PTK Centertel, the operator of Orange mobile phone network.

Netia managed to take over more than 100,000 subscribers from TPSA's network last year. "Of a dozen firms, which started to compete for TPSA clients, so far only Netia is significant. It seems that, apart from us, Orange will count in this race," said Mirosław Godlewski, president of Netia.

For the first time since TPSA rendered its network accessible to other companies, the firm is losing ground to competitors in terms of internet service providers.

In Q1 it acquired 58,000 subscribers, but the competitors acquired 60,000. However, when combined with Centertel, TPSA is still the leading player and thus Orange is making it difficult for the competition. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B4) M.M.