Polpager expands and considers applying for GSM license

The company wants to start operations in another twenty dialing zones. "We are interested in areas with low market penetration, but which also have high demand," said Władysław Bawiec, the president of OSP Polpager, the company which owns Sferia. It will cost about zł.100 million to build a nationwide system based on its radio technology. So far, Sferia has invested around zł.100 million in building its telecommunications infrastructure. Mobile phone network operators consider Sferia a threat because of CDMA technology used by Sferia. OSP Polpager is also considering applying for a UMTS license. (Puls Biznesu, p 7) A.F.