Telecommunications in Poland include radio, television, fixed and mobile telephones, and the Internet.
The state monopoly was implemented by the PPTiT which was subordinated to the Ministry of Communications.
After 2000, other operators were allowed to use TP's telecommunications infrastructure under Third-party Access.
From the communist era Poland inherited an underdeveloped and outmoded system of telephones, with some areas (e.g. in the extreme South East) being served by manual exchanges.
The former state owned telephone monopoly (TPSA) has been mostly privatized, with France Telecom buying the largest share.