Polkomtel and Orange grow at PTC's expense

"Now our objective is to acquire 12 million subscribers by the end of the year," said Polkomtel's president Jaroslaw Bauc. Forecasts should be also exceeded by Orange, which is the market leader. The growth of the two operators is at the cost of PTC, owner of Era and Heyah brands, which already dropped to second position on the market, but it might fall to third place by the end of the year. "We would like to have a 33% market share by the end of the year, which would rank us higher than Era," said Bauc. Polkomtel's growing revenues, which increased by 16% over the year, might be further boosted by signing more contracts with virtual operators (MVNO), and the company's president believes another such contract will be signed soon. (Puls Biznesu, pp. 1, 9) M.M.