Rumors that a new GSM operator could appear

According to rumors in Puls Biznesu, in the near future the telecom watchdog will announce a tender for the UMTS and GSM 1800 frequencies. "We will soon reveal our initiatives at a press conference," said the head of URTiP Witold Graboś. Meanwhile, neither he nor the representatives of the three mobile phone operators, who potentially face more competition, commented on the matter. Analysts argue another operator would be beneficial for the market in terms of prices and diversity of services. "Poland has surprisingly low number of mobile phone operators with autonomous infrastructure," argued Andrzej Piotrowski from Adam Smith Centre. (Puls Biznesu, pp. 1, 4) M.K.