Six million Polkomtel S.A. mobile users generate zł.245.3 million net profit

Vodafone's subsidiary Polkomtel S.A. posted zł.245.3 million net profit in the second quarter despite higher customer acquisition and operational cost. The Polish mobile phone operator revealed that its revenues at the end of July amounted to zł.1.4 billion. Its EBITDA index fell by 2-3% to zł.508 million and EBITDA margin 3.9% to 35.5% respectively. The Subscribers Acquisition Cost rose 18.6% to an average of zł.539. Polkomtel, which controls the Plus GSM brand name, saw a 14.6% raise in its Q2 earnings thanks to an increase in customers. Half of its six million customers are regular subscribers, while the rest are Simplus prepaid phone service users. (Parkiet, p.4) J.J.