Pro Futuro plans zl.500 million network investment

Wideband telecommunications network operator Pro Futuro is planning a further zl.500 million investment in a network expansion that would link Poland's 12 biggest population centers. Pro Futuro has already spent zl.120 million on the network, and according to chairman Jaroslaw Plisz, the company's plans for this year also include the construction of an information super highway, one of the biggest telecommunications projects ever undertaken by an independent operator in Poland. The company's other goals include gaining 12,000 corporate customers by the end of 2003, and achieving in the next few years a 15% share of the broadband access market, including SLA (Service Level Agreement) contracts. Pro Futuro's investments are funded entirely from its owns resources; it does not seek bank loans. The majority shareholder in Pro Futuro is national investment fund NFI Jupiter, with a 75.64% stake. (Puls Biznesu, p. 10) M.T.