POLAND 4G NETWORK ROLLOUT

Promoter – Financial Intermediary

PRIVATE COMPANY

Location

• Poland

Description

The project concerns the promoter’s investments in Poland to increase the availability and quality of high speed mobile broadband services based on 3G/UMTS and 4G/LTE technology.

Objectives

The project will provide a significantly improved coverage for 3G/UMTS based services and enable the launch of 4G/LTE based services in Poland.

Sector(s)

• Telecom

Proposed EIB finance (Approximate amount)

EUR 200 million

Total cost (Approximate amount)

EUR 512 million

Environmental aspects

The installation of mobile telecommunication networks does not fall under Annexes I and II of the EU Directive 2011/92/EC. they are therefore not subject to mandatory Environmental Impact Assessment. Such mobile telecommunication networks have limited residual environmental effects, apart from the visual impact of base station towers and the Electro Magnetic Field (EMF) radiation. The impacts can generally be mitigated by appropriate construction and operation measures.
Nevertheless, the environmental details including the CO2 footprint (if needed) and the possible impacts on protected flora and fauna (Habitats 92/43/EEC and Birds 79/409/EEC Directives) will be assessed during the appraisal.
Nevertheless, the environmental details including the CO2 footprint (if needed) and the possible impacts on protected flora and fauna (Habitats 92/43/EEC and Birds 79/409/EEC Directives) will be assessed during the appraisal.

Procurement

The promoter is a private company not operating in the utilities sector and not having the status of a contracting authority. Thus, it is not covered by the EU directives on procurement.

Status

Signed - 16/12/2013