The recent trends seen in Poland’s telecom market continued rather than changed in 2016, according the findings of the latest report published by the Office of Electronic Communication (UKE).
The value of the market, at PLN39.47 billion (€9.32 billion), was little changed on a year earlier.
However, the household penetration of internet services stood at over 106% as of the end of 2016, or five percentage points more than a year earlier.
Nearly all technologies delivering internet services saw a fall in revenues in 2016, with the only noticeable execption being fibre, which noted an increase by over 65%.
All told, there were 14.5 million internet users in Poland as of the end of 2016, or 5% more than a year earlier.
In 2016, 7.86 million people used bundled services (+34% year-on-year), with the most popular (54%, or 12.5 percentage points more than a year earlier) being mobile telephony and mobile internet.
Fibre optic networks grew by 16% in 2016, with the length amounting to almost 430,000km at year’s end.
Furthermore, 32% of buildings in Poland could access internet services of 30 Mbps or more.
