IT News: Energis; TPSA CATV tender; Siemens; Piracy fines; TFI PZU

Energis, a telecom and Internet solutions provider, signed an agreement with PTC, the operator of the Era mobile network, allowing Energis subscribers to use dial-up access to mobile networks (Polish Market Review e-Poland No. 85, www.polishmarket.com)... TPSA has decided to sell its assets in cable television as it no longer wishes to invest in this sector. The value of the tender is estimated at zl. 30 million - zl. 40 million (Polish Market Review e-Poland No. 85, www.polishmarket.com)... Last year the anti-pirate coalition Business Software Alliance (BSA) and police intercepted over 45,000 pirated CDs and 420 computers with installed illegal software. The pirate users had to pay over zl. 700,000 to BSA. This however, is just a drop in the ocean as the total losses of software producers in 2002 due to piracy exceeded zl. 2 million. (Teleinfo, Jan. 27, p. 6)...Siemens will build a broadband access network xDSL for BPT Telbank using XpressLink and AccessIntegrator systems. Apart from the ADSL network, Siemens will implement the first SDSL network. (Teleinfo, Jan. 27, p. 7)...TFI PZU has launched a new Internet site, www.tfipzu.com.pl, as a part of an attempt to improve its virtual image. The service was designed and constructed by the Hypermedia agency. (Teleinfo Jan. 27, p. 6) J.K