Polkomtel searching for a new partner for virtual network

The daily claims that the idea appeared in the company's currently updated strategy. Polkomtel's supervisory board is considering two options - the company will cooperate either with an operator which already owns a telecommunication infrastructure, or with a so called service provider, i.e. an entity using external infrastructure. The list of potential partners consists of several entities. The most probable choice seems Empik Media & Fashion, a network of multimedia stores controlled by the investment fund Eastbridge. Other possible candidates are Gadu-Gadu, the owner of the popular on-line communicator, and PKO BP, which so far has had no connections with mobile telephony whatsoever. Polkomtel's deputy president, Mirosław Bielecki, who is responsible for the firm's development, refused to provide any details concerning the choice of a future partner. (Puls Biznesu, p. 6) A.F.