Polkomtel predicts an end to mobile price war as it invests zł.1 billion

Consequently the second half of the year could see the end of the price war, claims Polkomtel management board member Finn Schkolnik. New price cuts could be carried out by a new market player, but according to Schkolnik the newcomer will find it very hard to appear on the market. Netia, which won the tender of UMTS frequencies, has not yet paid for it and is still negotiating the terms of financing the construction of a third generation network. One of the brokerage houses suggested recently that Polkomtel could be the first mobile phone operator to sign an agreement on internal roaming with Netia. "None of the operators will sign such a deal unless there is a legal stipulation concerning this issue," said Schkolnik. Polkomtel will invest zł.1 billion in infrastructure, out of which an unspecified amount will be designated purely for UMTS. (Parkiet, p. 1) M.M.