TPSA, Centertel move to lower rates

This view gained further credence last week when government giant Telekomunikacja Polska SA (TPSA) and Centertel, which runs the older analog cellular system, both announced rate reductions. Coincidentally, the announcements came just one month after the government picked the two winners for two Global Systems Mobile (GSM) digital telephone licenses.
Centertel announced March 1 that it cut its activation price by 30% for all types of cellular phones active in NMT, the Nordic Mobile Telecommunications 450 system.
But Marek laskawiec, public relations manager for Centertel, said the price reduction had nothing to do with competition from GSM license holders and that it had been planned since last year. "It's too early to expect any direct impact of a competitive market on the prices," he said.
In its round of price cuts, TPSA announced that beginning March 1, it has introduced a "weekend tariff" related to non-local calls within Poland.
From now on all non-local calls made on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m. will be charged at 75% of the basic rate, with a 50% rate for night calls.
The present rate is zl. 0.15 ($0.06) plus 7% VAT per one beat - or three minutes for a local call.