Annual Report 2021

Glossary

4G/LTE – fourth generation of mobile technology, sometimes called LTE (Long Term Evolution)

5G – fifth generation of mobile technology, which is the successor to the 4G mobile network standard

ARPO – Average Revenues per Offer

AUPU – Average Usage per User

BSA – Bitstream Access Offer

CATV – Cable Television

Churn rate – The number of customers who disconnect from a network divided by the weighted average number of customers in a given period

Convergent services – Revenues from B2C convergent offers (excluding equipment sales). A convergent offer is defined as an offer combining at least a broadband access (xDSL, FTTH or wireless for fixed) and a mobile voice contract (excluding MVNOs) with a financial benefit. Convergent services revenues do not include incoming and visitor roaming revenues

Core telecom services – Convergence, mobile-only and broadband-only services

EBITDAaL – EBITDA after leases, key measure of operating profitability used by management (for definition please refer to the Notes 3 to IFRS Consolidated Financial Statements of the Orange Polska Group)

eCapex – Economic Capex, key measure of resources allocation used by management (for definition please refer to the Notes 3 to IFRS Consolidated Financial Statements of the Orange Polska Group)

FBB – Fixed Broadband

FTE – Full time equivalent

Fibre – fixed broadband access network based on FTTH (Fibre To The Home ) /DLA (Drop Line Agnostic) technology which provides the end user with speed of above 100Mbps

Fixed broadband-only services – Revenues from fixed broadband offers (excluding B2C convergent offers and equipment sales) including TV and VoIP services

HHC (Households connectable) in fibre technology – Households where broadband access service based on fibre technology can be rendered

Home Zone (or Office Zone for business customers) – area within range of predefined base stations which cover the particular location (home/office)

ICT – Information and Communication Technologies

ILD – International Calls

IP TV – TV over Internet Protocol

LLU – Local Loop Unbundling

M2M – Machine to Machine, telemetry

Mobile-only services – Revenue from mobile offers (excluding consumer market convergent offers) and Machine to Machine (M2M) connectivity. Mobile only services revenue does not include equipment sales, incoming and visitor roaming revenue

MTR – Mobile Termination Rates

MVNO – Mobile Virtual Network Operator

Net gearing – net gearing after hedging ratio = net debt after hedging / (net debt after hedging + shareholders’ equity)

Organic Cash Flow – Organic Cash Flow- key measure of cash generation used by management (for definition please refer to the Notes 3 to IFRS Consolidated Financial Statements of the Orange Polska Group)

PPA – Power purchase agreement

RAN agreement – agreement on reciprocal use of radio access networks

ROCE – Return on capital employed = EBIT (ex. extraordinary items) / (Shareholder’s Equity + Average net debt)

SIMO – mobile SIM-only offers without devices

SMP – Significant Market Power

UKE – Urząd Komunikacji Elektronicznej (Office of Electronic Communications)

UOKiK – Urząd Ochrony Konkurencji i Konsumentów (Office for Competition and Consumer Protection)

USO – Universal Service Obligation

VDSL – Very high bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line

VoIP – Voice over Internet Protocol

Wireless for fixed – LTE broadband access offers dedicated to use within the Home/Office Zone, consisting of a fixed router (Home Zone) plus large or unlimited data packages, which are a substitute for fixed broadband and are provided by all mobile operators in Poland, including Orange Polska

WLR – Wholesale Line Rental

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