PTC delivers HSDPA/UMTS/EDGE connectivity to Polish mobile users

May 23, 2006

Option N.V. announced that Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa (PTC) has selected Option's GlobeTrotter GT MAX offering its mobile customers not only the fastest, but also the easiest to use 3G HSDPA/UMTS data card featuring Option's unique flip-out integrated antenna design. The GlobeTrotter GT MAX is customized to the exacting requirements of PTC and will be marketed as the "Blue Connect UMTS/EDGE/GPRS, HSDPA Ready". When PTC rolls out its HSDPA network later this year, a simple firmware upgrade via the operator's website will enable PTC's customers to connect at HSDPA speeds of 1.8 Mbps.

Since November 2005, Blue Connect data cards have been offered in the 'HSDPA-ready' version using two other Option data cards: the GlobeTrotter 3G/EDGE 'HSDPA Ready' and the GlobeTrotter FUSION+ 'HSDPA Ready'. PTC announced in March of this year that HSDPA will be introduced within the framework of the Blue Connect service in 2006.

PTC, with more than 10.2 million customers at the end of 2005, holds a 35.1% subscriber share in the Polish mobile market. Their Blue Connect is one of the strategic and most popular services offered by PTC promoting the 'fastest wireless internet - with no limit on data transfer or connection time'. Blue Connect enables convenient, high speed internet access whether at home, in the office or on the go. You just plug the Blue Connect data card to your laptop and let the system automatically choose for you the fastest locally available wireless internet access connection.