In brief: Optimus in Ukraine; Softbank dividend; STOEN cable network

Optimus has signed a contract with the Ukrainian tax administration for the supply of computer hardware valued at $12 million. Optimus will receive the final installment of the payment in September 2005. (Puls Biznesu, p. 4) ... Poland's leading computer system integrator Softbank said yesterday that it intends to pay a dividend of zl.0.5 per share. The final decision on the payment will be taken at the shareholders' meeting on June 26. (Reuters) ... Warsaw's energy distribution company, STOEN, will provide access to its fiber optics network for independent telecom operators. STOEN has some 250 kilometers of fiber optic cables. The company is said to be thinking of offering access to the Internet and telecommunications services. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 23) M.T.