T-Mobile to pay PLN 275 mln to use Orange broadband infrastructure

WSE-listed telecom Orange Polska will provide access to its optical fiber network to peer T-Mobile Polska for PLN 275 million upfront fee, the company said in a market filing. Orange will receive the money in two equal tranches and it will be non-returnable. On top of that, T-Mobile will be paying a monthly per client fee. Its value will depend on the speed and when the clients will sign up for the broadband services. The contract is for 10 years and will be automatically extended by five years provided that a specified number of T-Mobile clients is connected to the network. After 10 years, the fee will equal the regulated market price plus a margin Orange's optical fiber network will cover some 1.7 million households at end-2018. Any new households connected after the end of the year will require a separate contract with T-Mobile. Orange doesn’t exclude signing similar agreements with other telecoms as the deal is non-exclusive.