In Brief: New telecom licenses; Steel sector; Eurovita; Link 4; Elektrim

EL and Crowley Data Poland have both been granted licenses to provide telecom services by the Telecommunications and Postal Regulations Office (URTiP). They were assigned prefixes 1045 and 1075 respectively. They joined the list of 46 companies who provide telecom services, 20 of which now have prefixes. (Parkiet, p. 4) ... According to a recent statement by Deputy Economy Minister Marek Kossowski, the number of those employed in the steel sector should be reduced from 31,000 to 25,000 by 2006. (Parkiet, p. 6) ... Eurovita plans to construct a pharmaceutical factory in Poznan. The investment will cost around zl. 10 million and create around 70 new jobs. (Puls Biznesu, p. 5) ... Link 4, the first insurer to sell car insurance policies directly over the phone, has sold 4,444 policies within seven weeks. (www.bankier.pl) ... An agreement between the management of Elektrim and Advent International fund has been signed concerning the future of the indirectly controlled share in the mobile phones operator Era. (Parkiet, p. 1) K.Z