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Volume 06 : April 2006 : Vancouver - Kraków
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Dear fellow shareholders, It’s been less than a month since the new President of Stream Poland Adam Ilczuk joined our management team (see: People at Stream). Adam has over 10 years industry experience and we look forward to the contribution he will make towards growing our business. His hands-on experience, combined with his drive and vision, is already bringing positive effects to our bottom line while strengthening our prospects for further acquisitions and growth. You will find an update on some of Adam’s initiatives that have already been implemented (see: What's New at Stream). We have commenced a new IR program this month with AGORACOM to communicate Stream’s story with broader audiences and we hope that you will regularly visit www.agoracom.com and listen to the interviews with our management and to keep up-to-date with news about Stream’s progress. Iwona Kozak, President |
Our new management team in Poland, led by Adam Ilczuk, has finalized and, in some cases, is finalizing the implementation of new initiates in our marketing strategies, daily operations and management systems to improve revenues, decrease expenses and expand our business. Here is a short summery what's been done this month: Corporate/Operations Initiatives: Networks Initiatives: |
Adam Ilczuk, President, Stream Communications Sp. Z o.o. (Stream Operations) Mr. Ilczuk is a seasoned executive with over twenty years of progressive business experience and more than ten years of experience in the telecommunications & multimedia business sectors. Throughout 2004 and 2005, Mr. Ilczuk worked in Russia as the Commercial Director of Comcor-TV and as Vice President of Sales and Marketing of its holding company Moscow CableCom Corp. Mr. Ilczuk managed the project of wiring the city of Moscow to provide broadband services including cable television, high-speed Internet access and IP-based telephony to residential and business customers. Previously, Mr. Ilczuk spent 6 years working initially as a Financial Director, and later as Business Development Director and Regional Director for United Pan-Europe Communications (UPC) in Poland, and its predecessor company, Polska Telewizja Kablowa (later called @Entertainment). Mr. Ilczuk grew the business in one of his regions from 15,000 to 240,000 subscribers through aggressive acquisitions and new construction while raising the ARPU by over 200%. @ Entertainment was acquired in June 1999 by UPC, the largest cable operator in Europe for $1.1 billion. Mr. Ilczuk holds an MBA in Finance from the University of New Haven. Mr. Ilczuk also attended the Warsaw School of Economics, where he studied International Business. He is also fluent in English, Polish, German and Russian. |
As the consolidation process in the Polish cable sector continues, the attention in the recent past has been on the potential merger between the four largest operators: UPC, Vectra, Multimedia, and Aster. Mergers between these four operators are inevitable and, according to the sector specialists, these are the three possible scenarios: 1. ASTER + MULTIMEDIA 2. UPC Poland + Multimedia 3. VECTRA + MULTIMEDIA Source: PIKE |
GUS Data Reveals Boom in Polish Economy According to data collected by the Central Statistical Office of Poland (GUS), economic growth in the first quarter of 2006 amounted to 5 percent of GDP. Retail sales in March rose by 10 percent and unemployment fell to 17.8 percent. The average salary in the enterprise sector rose in the first quarter of 2006 by 4.7 percent in comparison to 2005. |
WIG20 Among World’s Most Dynamic Indices
Poland’s blue chip index, the WIG20 on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, hit record highs in the course of April and became the world’s third most rapidly growing index after Lima General and the Russian RTS. On April 24th the WIG20 reached 3229.2 points, a 12.7 percent increase since the beginning of April. Source: Polish News Bulletin The WIG20 index is a modified capitalization-weighted index of 20 Polish stocks which are listed on the main market. The index is the underlying instrument for futures transactions listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. The base value was set to 1000 as of April 16, 1994. |
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