Telecommunication competition heating up

Currently its main priority is long distance calls. "We hope that within two years 80% of our current clients will be making use of this subscription," said Tele2 president, Piotr Nestorowicz. "If we assume we have one million of them today, then 800,000 will be subscribed - that's around 10% of the market". Thanks to liberalization of the market, Tele2 has been offering subscriptions around 15% cheaper than the domestic leader Telekomunikacja Polska since the beginning of the year. "The competition will be strong. This is a challenge for the market, and the first ambitious offer," said Anna Strezynska, the head of the Office for Electronic Communication. "Now other operators will have to try harder." In 2005 Tele2 had almost zl.370 million in revenue, however, it has declined to reveal the figures for 2006. (Puls Biznesu, p.12) A.K.