IT News: Energis set to grow; Stoen as Internet provider; Portal popularity

Energis, a telecom and Internet solutions provider, recorded revenues of zl. 54 million in 2002. The company plans to end this year with revenues of zl. 150 million. It has a 10% share of the dial-up Internet access service market (in co-operation with Onet.pl), which is worth an estimated total of around zl. 500 million. ... As of February, Stoen Info, owned by RWE Plus, a German Internet solutions provider, is to offer Internet access via the electricity cable system. ... According to SMG/KRC, the number of Internet users in the country rose from 3.6 million to 5.2 million in 2002, (44.4% y-o-y). The portals enjoying the greatest popularity are: Onet.pl which is visited by 72.8% of all Internet users, (up 11.3% y-o-y), followed by Wirtualna Polska, 58.5%, (up 6.7% y-o-y) and Interia, 36.4%, (up 15.3% y-o-y). (IT News is C/O e-Poland, No. 86, published by Polish Market Review, www.polishmarket.com)