Polkomtel to terminate obsolete pre-paid accounts

Mobile telecom operator Polkomtel (Plus GSM) said yesterday that it would disconnect 300,000 subscribers using the pre-paid Simplus services by the end of May, for failing to maintain their accounts. Disposing of around 10% of its pre-paid clients would yield Polkomtel savings of zł. 2 million a month. "We think that reporting virtual clients contributes to the creation of virtual reality," said Robert Krawczyk, a member of Polkomtel's board of directors, adding that the Idea and Era networks may soon follow suit. According to experts, the number of ghost pre-paid accounts may be as high as 1.5 million. The company would like to spend the money saved on improving its services and on offering bonus credit to other Simplus users. The company has revealed that its best pre-paid clients spend several thousand złotys a month on their phone calls. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B3) J.K.