TP plans big investments despite falling revenues in fixed-line sector

"We want to stop this trend thanks to investments in new technologies. The engine behind the growth will still be Orange," said TP's president, Marek Józefiak. TP plans to spend a sum of zł.2.9-3 billion on investments this year. Most of this sum will be earmarked for the development of broadband internet services. TP has already introduced VoIP services, it plans to launch television broadcasting through the internet in Q2 or Q3 this year, and hopes to deliver video on demand services by the end of 2006. TP's management revealed that they will turn to the Electronic Communication Office to protect its investment in newly-built phone lines. "These kinds of ideas are accepted by representatives of the government with interest," added Józefiak. (Puls Biznesu, p. 14) A.K.