Softbank in consortium to implement PKO BP's IT systems?

Rumors are circulating that a consortium comprising Softbank, Alnova and Accenture, is going to implement IT systems for the largest domestic retail bank, PKO BP. The price for the contract is reported to be the only remaining issue to be agreed on. The value of all the work, which is planned to be performed over a three-year period, is estimated at zł. 2 billion, but the main contract may be worth less than zł. 400 million. The value of the contract comprises the cost of the license and implementation, and represents only a small part of the expenses that the bank will have to incur. "Hence, speculation on the issue does not have much of a basis in fact. However; the consortium will be able to earn a considerable amount of money on the remaining projects," announced the head of one of the banks' IT departments. (Puls Biznesu, p. 5) A.Z.