In brief: TPSA Internet exchange; CA IB on Internet; Netia layoffs ahead
In three weeks' time Telekomunikacja Polska S.A., together with German
software giant SAP and possibly Prokom, are expected to establish a company
called Otwarty Rynek Elektroniczny, which will work on creating Internet
exchanges. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p.21) ... According to Austrian investment bank
CA IB, Onet, Wirtualna Polska, Gazeta and Interia are the portals which will
dominate the Polish Internet in the coming years. The bank expects the value
of Polish e-commerce to reach zl.16 billion by 2005. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p.21)
... Telecom operator Netia plans to cut some 10% of its 1,625-strong
workforce this year. (Prawo i Gospodarka, p.12) T.J.
