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To: 49thMIMOMander who wrote (19786)	4/25/2002 1:27:11 PM
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<<< "It's not possible to offer services using a technology that's not off the drawing board yet," URTiP head Witold Grabos said in a statement, adding that UMTS has not been launched in any other European country.>>> Polish regulator agrees UMTS launch delay to 2005 By Reuters staff 25 April 2002 Regulators accedes to request of 3G license holders to delay rollout until equipment is fully available. Poland's telecoms and postal regulator URTiP said on Thursday that it had agreed to delay the launch of third-generation UMTS mobile services by one year until the start of 2005. The delay is at the request of the three licensed mobile operators, who are carrying heavy debt burdens and argue that the equipment they need to build their networks is not yet fully available, despite assurances from producers. "It's not possible to offer services using a technology that's not off the drawing board yet," URTiP head Witold Grabos said in a statement, adding that UMTS has not been launched in any other European country. Centertel, Polkomtel and PTC, which already operate networks using the GSM standard and whose shareholders include European telecom giants France Telecom, Vodafone and Vivendi Universal, respectively, paid 650 million euros ($583.5 million) each for their licences in June 2000. PTC has said it plans to spend 1.4 billion euros ($1.26 billion) on its UMTS network, while Polkomtel is budgeting 1 billion euros. Polkomtel said last year that it could save nearly a third of the costs if the three operators join forces to build the infrastructure, which regulators have encouraged. URTiP's decision also postponed the licensees' coverage deadlines by one year. Operators must now cover areas accounting for 20 percent of Poland's population by the end of 2005, and 40 percent by the end of 2007. totaltele.com.