In Brief: Onet.pl; Krosno; Konin Aluminum Mill; Cigarette excise duty

The Telecommunications and Postal Regulations Office (URTiP) has granted Onet.pl a license for telecommunications services, bringing the number of virtual operators on the market to eight. (Parkiet, p. 3) ... Krosno Glassworks is to spend tens of millions of zloty on new investments over the next few years. The company's income for 2002 is much higher than that of 2001, and is expected to grow further due to the company's planned investments in production. (Parkiet, p. 4) ... Impexmetal's subsidiary, Konin Aluminum Mill, has been granted a loan of zl. 34 million by Pekao Bank. (Parkiet, p. 3) ... The new rate of excise duty on cigarettes comes into force today. The duty has risen from zl. 52 to zl. 57 per 1,000 cigarettes. In practice, this means a price hike of between zl. 0.20 and zl. 0.40 per pack. (Puls Biznesu, p. 7) K.Z.