Siemens supplies 3G/UMTS technology to mobile operator PTC in Poland

January 28, 2004

Siemens will be a turnkey supplier for the complete radio and core network technology to set up a 3G/UMTS network in Poland for Polish mobile operator Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa (PTC). The scope of delivery will also include 3G/UMTS mobile telephones. In the initial stage PTC wants to provide the capital Warsaw with the new technology.

The shareholders of PTC are Elektrim-Telekomunikacja (51%), a joint venture of Vivendi and Elektrim, and the mobile phone group T Mobile International (49%). With more than 6.1 million subscribers the company is one of the largest mobile providers in Poland. Siemens mobile has been equipping PTC with GSM infrastructure since 1996 and in 2001 it established a 3G/UMTS test network in Poland for this customer.

"With this second 3G/UMTS success in Eastern Europe - the first came from T-Mobile in the Czech Republic - we are reinforcing our leading position in 3G mobile networks", said Christoph Caselitz, President of Networks within Siemens mobile.

Siemens mobile and NEC now have 28 3G/UMTS agreements, putting them among the top 3 infrastructure suppliers worldwide. In Europe the two companies have jointly established the first commercial 3G/UMTS networks (Great Britain, Italy, Austria) and already installed a total of around 25,000 UMTS base stations. More than three million customers currently use 3G/UMTS networks equipped with Siemens/NEC technology.