Prywatyzacja branży telekomunikacyjnej w Polsce a pozycja konkurencyjna Grupy Orange
Privatization process of the telecommunications industry in Poland and the competitive position of the Orange Group

Summary/Abstract: Motivation: The telecommunications industry in Poland for many years was legally monopo-lized by a single, state-owned operator, Telekomunikacja Polska SA (hereinafter TP SA). In 1998, however, a long process of privatization of the company began, which was accompa-nied by the liberalization of the telecommunications industry. The services have become increasingly cheaper for consumers, who has started to use convergence offerings, as well as the new telecommunications technologies have developed rapidly. A start-up of new opera-tors significantly weakened the competitive position of the former telecommunications in-dustry monopolist. In the literature of the subject there is no interpretation of the deep transformations taking place in the telecommunications industry. The assessment of these transformations in terms of the competitive position of the Orange Polska Capital Group (hereinafter Orange Group) is a key motive for the selection of the article subject. Aim: The aim of this article is to demonstrate the relationship between the privatization of TP SA and the competitive position of the Orange Group. The research was conducted through statisti-cal data evaluation. The analysis was based on the report of the Office of Electronic Com-munications (UKE) about the state of the telecommunications industry in Poland. Results: The analysis showed the relationship between TP SA privatization process and the competi-tive position of Orange Group. As a result of these changes, the Orange Group has lost part of its share in each segment of the telecommunications market in Poland.

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