President of the UOKiK issued her consent to PTC and PTK Centertel concentration.

Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa and Polska Telefonia Komórkowa – Centertel operate on the both telecommunication and wireless Internet market. PTC is an operator of the Era and Heyah mobile telephony networks. PTK Centertel – is an operator of the Orange network. The new company that is going to be created will be responsible for managing of the radio access networks of both operators.

Under the existing regulations, a transaction is subject to a notification submitted to the antitrust authority if the transaction participants' combined turnover in the year preceding the notification exceeded 1 billion euro worldwide or 50 million euro in Poland

Upon the completion of antitrust proceeding, the President of UOKiK decided that the concentration shall not significantly restrict competition in Poland.

Under the existing regulations, a transaction is subject to a notification submitted to the antitrust authority if the transaction participants' combined turnover in the year preceding the notification exceeded 1 billion euro worldwide or 50 million euro in Poland.

Simultaneously, we would like to inform that the information on all antitrust proceedings regarding mergers and acquisitions carried out by UOKiK is available at the Office’s website.

Additional information for the media:
Małgorzata Cieloch, Spokesperson for UOKiK
Department of International Relations and Communication
Pl. Powstańców Warszawy 1, 00-950 Warszawa
Tel. +48 22 827 28 92, 55 60 106, 55 60 430
faks +48 22 826 11 86
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