In brief: T.P. SA and Neostrada; IT companies post lower revenue and profit

Telekomunikacja Polska S.A. is launching a new Internet access service this year called Neostrada, which will facilitate speedy access to the Internet and telephone by means of a single telecommunications line. Neostrada will offer a data throughput rate of 256 Kb/s, 512 Kb/s,1 Mb/s or 2Mb/s to individual customers as well as to SMEs. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B2)...Financial results of IT companies confirmed that 2000 was much worse for them than previous years. Due to lower economic growth rate and market saturation, their sales revenue and net profits decreased. For Optimus and Softbank, last year's profits were lower; but higher for Prokom and Computerland.(Prawo i Gospodarka p.1) M.S-C.