Postdata given post office information network contract

The board of the national post office, Poczta Polska (PP), has approved a d eal under which PP subsidiary Postdata will be given responsibility for the introduction of a zl.176 million information network linking 2,700 post off ices nationwide. The new network, which should be in place by the end of ne xt year, will make the transmission of data and documents more efficient and raise the overall quality of the postal service. Commenting on the plan, Ma rek Lipniowicki, the head of PP's IT department, said that the new system w ill allow the monitoring of a parcel all along its route from sender to rec ipient. Przemyslaw Seczkowski, deputy president of PP, told the Rzeczpospol ita daily that the post office is currently in talks on financing the netwo rk with Bank Pocztowy, which he described as PP's natural partner in such a venture. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B3; Puls Biznesu, p. 8) P.J.