a news item i posted to the USW board that might interest some.
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Global Crossing and U S WEST to Host Press Conference and Call
May 17, 1999 08:57 AM
HAMILTON, Bermuda and DENVER, May 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Crossing
Ltd. (GBLX), the owner and operator of the world's first integrated
global fiber optic network, and U S WEST, Inc. (USW), a leading U.S.
provider of telecommunications services, will host a press conference
and dial-in call today, May 17, 1999, at 11:30 a.m. (EDT) to discuss
the newly announced merger of the two companies. The event, which
will also be broadcast live by satellite and webcast over the
Internet, will be located at The New York Information Technology
Center at 55 Broad Street, 4th Floor. Call-in numbers and satellite
coordinates are listed below. Rebroadcasts are available for those
who cannot listen to the event live.
In addition to discussing the merger, the press conference will
feature a live webcast and demonstrations of several innovative U S
WEST products and services, including @TV, the new Alcatel 'Web
Phone' and Very High Speed Digital Subscriber Line (VDSL) technology.
WHAT: Global Crossing and U S WEST
Press Conference and Dial-in Call
WHO: Solomon D. Trujillo, Chairman, President & CEO, U S WEST
Robert Annunziata, CEO, Global Crossing
WHEN: Monday, May 17, 1999
11:30 a.m. EDT
WHERE: The New York Information Technology Center
Global Community Digital Sandbox, 4th Floor
55 Broad Street, New York City
CONFERENCE 1-888-323-1508
CALL NUMBER: 212-896-6089 for International callers
Dial-in by 11:15 a.m. EDT
REBROADCAST May 17, 1999 at 2:00 p.m. EDT through
CALL-IN: May 19, 1999 at 2:00 p.m. EDT
REBROADCAST 1-800-633-8265
CALL NUMBER: 619-812-6450 for International callers
Enter Reservation #: 12396544
SATELLITE
BROADCAST: 11:30 a.m. -- 1:30 p.m. EDT
Ku-Band SBS 6, Transponder 16
Questions call Bob Munyon at (303) 437-7939
CONTINUING
SATELLITE
ACCESS: 1:30 p.m. -- 4:00p.m. EDT
SBS 6, Transponder 4
4:00 p.m. -- 8:30 p.m. EDT
SBS 6, Transponder 15
8:30 p.m. -- 12:00 a.m. EDT
SBS 6, Transponder 2
WEBCAST: uswest.com or
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