IT & Telecoms market in Poland

Poland was the fastest-growing e-commerce market in Europe in 2011

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0100

Poland recorded total online sales of €4.51bn in 2011, measuring the largest level of growth (34%) in all the dynamics of Europe, as follows from the research of Centre for Retail ...

End of dispute, TP SA to pay DPTG €550m

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0100

TP SA and representatives of Danish Polish Telecommunications Group (DPTG) reached a settlement, thereby finishing a dispute that lasted over two decades. In the framework of the ...

Multimedia Polska sees 400,000 internet subscribers at 2011-end

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0100

Multimedia Polska, the third largest cable TV operator in Poland and internet service provider, announced that the number of its internet service subscribers reached 400,000. ...

95.5% of Poles used telephony services at 2011-end

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0100

Around 4.5% of Poland’s inhabitants did not use any telephony services in a breakdown of November and December 2011, which follows from a report from the country’s Office ...

Polkomtel to become indirect shareholder of NFI Midas

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0100

Polkomtel, the Plus mobile network operator owned by Polish billionaire Zygmunt Solorz-Zak, will become an indirect shareholder in the capital group NFI Midas controlling the ...

Tri-City to implement intelligent transport system

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0100

The Municipal Council of Gdynia adjudicated a tender for the implementation of an intelligent transport system (ITS), called Tristar, in the Tri-City area. The biggest benefit ...

Asseco signs PLN 40m contract with Marshal's Office in Lodz

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0100

Asseco Poland, one of the leading players in the Polish IT market, signed a contract for construction of network infrastructure for the regional medical information system (RMIS) ...

Allegro.pl to take over Agito.pl

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0100

Allegro Group, a leader in e-commerce, has signed a presale agreement to buy 90% of the shares of Agito.pl, an online store specialising mainly in electronic appliances. The value ...

Asseco Poland to purchase Centrum Komputerowe Zeto

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0100

Asseco, one of the leading players in the Polish IT market, has signed an intention letter for the acquisition of 99.9% of shares of the Lodz-based IT service provider, Centrum Komputerowe ...

Komputronik looks to sell 260,000 PCs in 2011

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0100

Komputronik, an IT and electronics retailer and wholesaler, expects to sell 260,000 personal computers (PCs) in 2011, which should give it a 9% market share and the leading position ...

Hawe net profit down by 47% in 3Q 2011

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0100

Hawe, a Polish fibre-optic network operator, ended the first three quarters of 2011 with consolidated revenues of PLN 54.4m (€12.2m), reporting a 15.6% fall on a yearly basis. ...

Netia initiates consortium for broadband internet network project

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0100

Netia, the largest alternative fixed-line operator in terms of both revenues and subscribers, along with Dialog (a fixed services provider recently acquired by Netia), Budimex ...

SME - new target for Polish group buying market

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0100

NNV, a Swiss owner of Firmy.net (a portal promoting Polish e-commerce players), introduced a new group buying site, Okazje.firmy.net. The site's objective is to create favourable ...

Asseco Group’s consolidated revenues up by 61% in Q1-Q3 2011

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0100

Polish-based software developer, Asseco Group, ended the first three quarters of 2011 with consolidated sales revenues of PLN 3.52bn (€0.87bn), resulting in a 60.8% growth ...

Ericpol intends to hire following 250 employees in Krakow

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0100

The Krakow Special Economic Zone-based division of IT services provider, Ericpol, plans to hire 250 new people within the next few months. Only in 2011, the company brought in over ...