{{Short description|Brand name of mobile phone network}} {{distinguish|LG Uplus|E-Plus}} {{Infobox company | name = Polkomtel Sp. z o.o. | logo = 240px | logo_caption = Wybierz swoje wszystko |image_size=250px |image=Siedziba spółki Polkomtel przy ul. Konstruktorskiej 4.jpg |image_caption=Headquarters of Polkomtel in Służewiec, Warsaw | type = Private | trade_name = Plus | fate = | predecessor = | successor = | foundation = 1995 | founder = | location = Warsaw, Poland | locations = | area_served = Poland | key_people = Mirosław Błaszczyk <small>(CEO)</small> | industry = Telecommunications | products = Fixed telephony<br>Mobile telephony<br>Broadband Internet<br>IT Services<br>IPTV | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | assets = | equity = | num_employees = 2,504 <small>(2020)</small> | parent = Cyfrowy Polsat S.A. | divisions = | subsid = | homepage = {{url|www.plus.pl}} | footnotes = }}
'''Plus''' (formerly '''Plus GSM''') is the brand name of Poland's mobile phone network operator, Polkomtel Sp. z o.o. The company is entirely owned by Cyfrowy Polsat S.A. and is part of Grupa Polsat Plus. It operates GSM (900/1800 MHz), UMTS, LTE, 5G NR (2600 MHz TDD) and WLAN networks in Poland. It was founded in 1995.
From 1998 until 2002, Polkomtel used the Italian animated short cartoon ''La Linea'' to promote its Simplus prepaid service.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://komorkomat.pl/operatorzy-komorkowi-reklamy/|title=Najlepsze reklamy w polskiej historii GSM| trans-title=Best ads in Polish history of GSM| website= komorkomat.pl|date=18 August 2017 | publisher= | access-date=2019-09-13| language=pl}}</ref> From 13 May 2011, all of Polkomtel prepaid services are now called Plus na Kartę.
At the end of September 2021, Plus had 13.045 million active SIM cards, including 2.486 million (19%) using the prepaid system.<ref name="GPP-KPI">{{cite web | title= KPI - wyniki 3Q 2021 | url=https://grupapolsatplus.pl/sites/default/files/documents/2021/cyfrowy_polsat_q3_21.xlsx | publisher=Grupa Polsat Plus | date=9 November 2021|access-date=16 January 2022}}</ref>
In July 2011, Zygmunt Solorz-Żak agreed to buy Polkomtel SA for 15.1 billion PLN ($5.5 billion).<ref>[http://news.businessweek.com/article.asp?documentKey=1377-aeFSzAtFnVi8-14V0LNTJIPON6KFKPGI4HF3366 Solorz-Zak Buys Polkomtel for $5.5 Billion in Record Polish Deal] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322141109/http://news.businessweek.com/article.asp?documentKey=1377-aeFSzAtFnVi8-14V0LNTJIPON6KFKPGI4HF3366 |date=2012-03-22 }}</ref>
==External links== * https://www.plus.pl/news/aboutcompany Polkomtel Sp. z o.o. Corporate Website
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{{Polish mobile phone companies}}
Category:Mobile phone companies of Poland Category:Companies based in Warsaw Category:Telecommunications companies established in 1995 Category:Polish brands
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