Important events The most important, and perhaps emotional, event on the Polish telecommunications market over the past year was undoubtedly the sale of Polkomtel. The operator was finally sold to Zygmunt Solorz-Zak, who is linked with Cyfrowy Polsat and Aero2 among other companies, for a sum of approx. PLN 18bn, of which around PLN 15bn was paid by the businessman up front, with the rest paid in inherited liabilities or dividends. The sale of Polkomtel happened on 30 June 2011. The sale went through with permission of the Polish Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK). Polkomtel is one of…