In Brief: Getin e-business; TPSA & UMTS; Czech brewery; Pekao share issue

Getin Service Provider, a subsidiary of leasing company Europejski Fundusz Leasingowy S.A. (EFL), has opened an e-business center for small and mid-sized companies, hoping to create on-line stores for 500,000 of them. (Puls Biznesu, page 4) ... "There is no price [Telekomunikacja Polska S.A.] would not pay for a UMTS [third generation mobile telecom license]," said Zenon Komar, adviser to the TPSA management board. The company also said its mobile telecom subsidiary PTK Centertel lost zl. 330 million in the first half of 2000. (Parkiet, page 1) ... After the Interior Ministry grants its approval, the Bojanowo brewery will be 100% owned by Czech capital, operating under the name Pierwszy Czeski Browar Szwejk. This will be the first Czech investment in the Polish brewery sector. (Puls Biznesu, page 7) ... The Securities and Stock Exchange Commission (KPWiG) cleared for public trade a zl. 1 billion share issue of Poland's largest private bank, Pekao S.A. (Reuters)