The to-date offer and program solutions as well as the promotional activities introduced by Polsat Group as the elements of the fight against the epidemic include:
Nearly 900 thousand people in 7 cities will be within Plus’s 5G network coverage from Monday, with additional over 2 million people in Warsaw and the capital urban area joining soon
Zygmunt Solorz and Polsat Group spent over PLN 16 million to buy 200 thousands tests confirming presence of coronavirus together with the necessary laboratory equipment. The tests will be donated to Polish citizens and provided to the Ministry of Health in order to improve the capability of testing, identifying and isolating the infected, and will be a key factor in fighting the coronavirus epidemic in Poland.
Threats related to coronavirus and the recommendations to stay at home led to the substantial increase in the volume data transmitted in Plus network. To meet customers’ needs related to performance of daily duties remotely, including learning and work as well as various forms of entertainment in the Internet, under the #zostańwdomu (#stayathome) action, the operator has prepared a free 10 GB data pack for all customers of Plus and Plush.
Plus, together with Cyfrowy Polsat and the POLSAT Foundation, will donate 2 thousand tablets to orphanages, family-run orphanages, foster families and educational care facilities in Poland. The action is above all carried out in response to families’ and children’s needs connected with distance education, as well as the continuation of supporting #zostanwdomu (#stayathome) social action.
As part of zostanwdomu stayathome social action, Polsat Group offers further bonuses encouraging people to stay home The operator of Plus network is increasing, free of charge, the data transfer rates offered in its fixed line Internet access service and stops billing mobile Internet users for data transmission when accessing TIDAL music service In addition, Plus customers who have so far not used TIDAL may now enjoy access to the service for free for 90 days.
The following bonuses are offered by Plus and Cyfrowy Polsat as part of zostanwdomu action:
Cyfrowy Polsat’s overarching goal in the current situation is to take care of the health and security of our Customers, Contractors and Employees.
Plus’s existing infrastructure is ready to handle the voice traffic, which has been growing recently, as well as the bigger volumes of data transferred over the network.
Polsat Group’s technological resources enable us to maintain the high quality of the services we provide in the face of higher traffic volumes in the network.
The threats associated with the coronavirus epidemics, as well as the related change of people’s daily habits, create a challenge for the economy and for the entire society.
Cyfrowy Polsat will carry out the first in Poland issue of corporate green bonds denominated in Polish zloty (PLN), with the proceeds from the bond issue, amounting PLN 1 billion, being used for refinancing the pro-environmental projects, including improvement of the energy efficiency by the Group or reduction of the carbon footprint associated with the electronic devices manufactured by Cyfrowy Polsat.
Polkomtel, the operator of Plus network and a Cyfrowy Polsat Group company, is starting the roll-out of the first in Poland commercial 5G network which will operate using the spectrum from 2600 MHz band based on TDD transmission technique. In Q1 2020 the new technology will become available to customers in at least 7 cities around Poland.
