Poland’s Play, which is part of Iliad Group, ended the first half of this year with 1.9 million subscribers to its fixed-line services.
At the same time, the number of fixed-line UPC customers, now integrated into Play, increased by 4% year-on-year to 1.6 million. In its latest results, Play notes that growth in its fixed-line subscriber total was down to the further expansion of Play Now TV, Play’s internet offer and UPC.
Meanwhile, Play’s reported mobile customer total rose by 7.8% year-on-year to 16.5 million. Play’s revenues in Q2 amounted to PLN2.3 billion (€485 million), or 26% more than in the same period last year. EBITDAaL rose by 79% year-on-year to PLN1 billion.
Commenting on the results, Jean Marc Harion, president of Play Group, said: “The first half of 2022 is a turning point for Play, as well as a turning point for Polish customers. I am proud of how quickly and effectively the Play and UPC teams have joined forces and introduced our first joint welcome offer in record time. Play and UPC share common goals – listening to the needs of customers, offering them the best value for money and the highest quality of mobile and stationary services. In the second quarter of 2022, we strengthened our leading position on the Polish market, accelerating growth and improving results in all categories, from customer satisfaction to revenues and financial efficiency, both for mobile and stationary services. By developing our state-of-the-art mobile infrastructure ensuring connectivity for Poles, we have exceeded the historic milestone of 10,000 base stations. In addition, we have partnered with InfraVia Capital Partners to provide access to the fibre network to 6 million households in Poland, fulfilling our mission to provide freedom of choice to Polish customers in the new open network access model. I am convinced that by working together as one team, we have built strong foundations to fulfill our ambition to create new quality on the Polish telecommunications market for the benefit of customers, society and the digital economy”.