Polkomtel and PTC expect a 20% growth in subscribers

"We have over nine million users and we want to increase the number to 11 million by the end of the year," declared Elżbieta Ptaszyńska-Sadowska, the spokesperson of Polkomtel, the operator of Plus mobile phone network. This means that the number of the company's clients is to increase by 21% in comparison with 2005. Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa, the Era network operator, had 10.2 million subscribers at the end of 2005. "We want to increase the number to well above 12 million. I believe we can talk about 12.4-12.5 million," stated PTC spokesperson Witold Pasek. He added that, "The first months of this year were even better than the last months of last year. Thanks to our marketing plan, we have particularly good results in the business and pre-paid sector." Earlier, the operator of Orange network - PTK Centertel informed that this year the number of its customers is to increase by 16% this year and amount to 11.5 million. (Parkiet, p. 5) E.B.