Interia.pl to offer Internet access without TPSA

Following in the footsteps of Onet.pl, Interia.pl intends to offer its Internet users access to the network independently of TPSA. Tel-Energo will probably take part in the enterprise though Interia president Tomasz Jazdzynski declined to comment on the matter. According to a source close to Interia, the portal will launch the project early in the first quarter of 2003 thanks to which Interia.pl will be able to obtain additional revenues beyond those from advertising and e-commerce services. "The revenues will not be considerable at first but may later reach 25%-33% of sales. If the policy of the Telecommunications and Postal Regulations Office (URTiP) in relation to TPSA was stricter, the revenues could be higher," said a source close to the portal. (Puls Biznesu, p. 6) A.Z.