IT In Brief: TP SA profit up 62%; ComputerLand; Betacom

Analysts surveyed by Reuters expect that the TP SA group has increased its net profit by 62% to zł.806 million in the first half of the year. According to the analysts such an increase is mainly due to exchange rate difference gains and the lower costs of the servicing of the company's debt. (Puls Biznesu, p. 9) ... ComputerLand has announced that during the last three months it signed several contracts with a joint total value of zł.103.5 million with a financial institution. CL is to supply specialized hardware and software, build and implement software and integration services. The contracts are to be realized between 2004 and 2007. (Parkiet, p. 4) ... Betacom, a listed IT company, has signed a contract worth zł.4 million with IBM Polska for the purchase of an IT solution for an unspecified financial institution. Betacom is to supply and install the software in the institution's seat within the next two weeks. (Parkiet, p. 4) E.B.