Poland

Play- the first multimedia operator in Poland - started its activity on 16 March 2007. Our offer is very competitive on the market of pre-paid, post-paid and MIX services. In mid-October we launched our very popular offer for business customers. We have already one million users! We provide services all over Poland. Our services can be bought at almost 400 Play stores, and pre-paid services - at almost 40,000 retail outlets. PLAY network is managed by P4 Sp. z o.o. company.

Era is the main brand name of Poland's largest mobile phone network operator, Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa (PTC). As in other European countries, the company operates a GSM network. 51 percent of the firm is owned by a consortium of Polish conglomerate Elektrim and French company Vivendi, and 49 percent belongs to German telecommunications firm Deutsche Telekom.

Plus GSM is the brand name of Poland's mobile phone network operator, Polkomtel. The company is owned by Vodafone (19.61%), TDC A/S (19.61%), PKN Orlen (19.61%), KGHM Polska Miedź (19.61%), Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne (17.56%) and Węglokoks (4.00%). It operates GSM (900/1800 MHz), UMTS and WLAN networks in Poland. Plus GSM has over 13,1 million customers (May 2007).

Orange Polska is the brand name of Polish mobile phone network operator, PTK Centertel. The company was founded in December 1991 to operate an analog (first-generation) network under the Centertel brand. It launched Idea, Poland's third GSM network, in 1998, operating on both the 900 and 1800-MHz bands from the beginning. Until 2001, when the analog network was switched off, Idea was known as Idea Centertel, and former analog customers were offered GSM contracts. Idea's slogan was Łączy Cię z ludźmi (Connects You with people).