Netcom to Offer Fixed-Wireless Internet in Poland

Sweden's second biggest mobile phone operator Netcom AB said it was expanding into Poland offering high-speed fixed-wireless Internet access and voice over Internet Protocol services. NetCom's services, targeting small and medium sized businesses, combines fixed-line telephony and broadband radio transmission for wireless internet connections with speeds from 32 KBPS up to 512 KBPS at prices up to 65 percent lower than leased lines, it said. The service, now being offered in the cities of Warsaw, Krakow, Gdansk and Poznan and will be rolled out further over the coming months, it said. NetCom offers fixed and mobile telephony, data network and Internet services under the brands Tele2, Tango, Comviq and Q-GSM to over nine million people in 20 countries.