Polkomtel boosts UMTS service but is shy about users

Its UMTS network is already available in Warsaw and will now be available in the Tricity area, Kraków, Katowice, Poznań and Wrocław. Polkomtel refuses to reveal how many clients use the internet access service that it has offered for a year now in Warsaw. "The number of users interested in data transmission services is growing. The UMTS infrastructure is extended according to the plan," stated Polkomtel's deputy president Mirosław Bielicki. The company has also modified its offer for businesses. Its iPlus set of services is based on a fixed fee and provides access to the internet through UMTS, EDGE and GPRS. By the end of the year the operator will probably grant iPlus customers free access to hot spots, mainly at the airports and hotels. IPlus will also be offered to the users of PCs, for whom Polkomtel will prepare special external modems. "Within the coming twelve months we want to win several dozens of iPlus subscribers," declared Bielicki.  (Puls Biznesu, pp. 1, 6) E.B.