In Brief: PZL Swidnik; Wrozamet; TVN sold; UMTS licenses; Era on speed
Egyptian civil aviation Minister Hussein Guebaly has signed a deal with
aeronautics firm PZL Swidnik to buy eight gliders and another contract for
the production of the machines under license in Egypt. (Puls Biznesu, page
3) ... Wroclaw-based white goods maker Wrozamet is to start exporting and
selling through the distribution chain Fagor, the company's Spanish
investor. (Puls Biznesu, page 7) ... SBS Broadcasting has bought 33% shares
in private television station TVN from ITI Holdings for $91.4 million.
(Parkiet, page 5) ... The government on Oct. 2 expects to auction five
licenses for the third generation mobile phones (UMTS) says the
Telecommunications Ministry. The Finance Ministry expects revenues of up to
zl. 7 billion from the auction this year. (Parkiet, 1, Rzeczpospolita, page
B1) ... Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa (PTC), operator of the Era GSM cellular
phones network, has finished testing the GPRS system for high-speed data
transmission and will soon be installing it. (Puls Biznesu, page 5, Prawo i
Gospodarka, page 1) S.M.