Polkomtel calls in IBM for giant outsourcing deal

In a deal valued at nearly $12 million the computer giant will service the mobile phone operator's IT systems for the next five years. "This is the largest outsourcing contract in Poland, in which an IT company will be responsible for the client's software and not just for the computer equipment," said IBM Polska general director Dariusz Fabiszewski. Under the contract the firm will start by servicing the SAP systems used by Polkomtel, which control the firm's finances, logistics, sales and personnel managing. The agreement will also see 30 Polkomtel employees transferred to IBM Polska. Revenues from this field have been increasing dramatically for IBM Polska of late. At the moment they constitute about 60% of the company's earnings. (Parkiet, p. 3) A.F.