BT, WorldCom, Others to Bid for Brussels Intranet, L'Echo Says
Bloomberg News
September 11, 1998, 3:33 a.m. ET
Brussels, Sept. 11 (Bloomberg) -- The Brussels government
has chosen seven companies to submit final bids for a license to
build and operate the Brussels Intranet, a broad-band
telecommunications network serving the Belgian capital, L'Echo
reported, citing unnamed sources. The short-listed bidders
include British Telecommunications Plc, WorldCom Inc., Colt
Telecom Group Plc, France Telecom SA, Unisource NV, Telinfo SA,
and dominant Belgian operator Belgacom SA, and the winner will
be chosen early next year, the paper said. The network is an
effort to improve communication between Brussels public
institutions and citizens, the paper said.
The regional government of Wallonia, Belgium's French-
speaking southern region, in May chose a Belgacom-led group to
operate the Wallonia Intranet, a similar regional project.
(L'Echo 9/11 12 and www.echonet.be)
--Alison Jahncke in the Brussels bureau (32 2) 285 4300.cc
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