Tele2 touted as tempted by fourth mobile operator slot

Since the 1990s, the firm has invested significantly in the mobile sectors of many European countries. Currently servicing 22 million customers, it last year posted a profit of EUR 4 billion. While the actual date of a tender concerning vacant GSM and UMTS frequencies has yet to be announced, Witold Graboś, the president of Telecommunications and Post Regulation Office, has revealed he has already turned down two offers as he is waiting for the results of the public debate on the future of the telecommunications sector. PTC, Polkomtel and Centertel, the three existing operators, might not be allowed to take part in the tender as new amendments to telecommunications law may well prevent them from doing so. Should this happen, Tele2 would be the most likely victor. (Puls Biznesu, p. 3) J.J.