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To: Americo Burgos III who wrote (22663)	8/9/1999 4:03:00 PM
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Look like EU is getting connected. -------------------------------------- andovernews.com Global One To Get Green Light On Full EU Network BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, 1999 AUG 3 (Newsbytes) -- By Sylvia Dennis, Newsbytes. The antitrust regulators of the European Union (EU) have finally given the thumbs up to Global One to offer its full range of services in all 15 countries within the EU region. The move is breakthrough for Global One, which is a joint venture of Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom and Sprint. From day one, however, the EU imposed a set of rigorous conditions that preventing Global One from offering its services in several sectors and markets across Europe. This was, the EU said at the time, because of fear of destablizing the newly privatized telecom markets in many European countries. Since January 1, 1998, however, the EU has mandated that all European countries - with a few exceptions, such as Ireland - must open up their voice telecommunications markets. Now the European telecommunications market is a lot more liberalized than it was a few years ago, with most countries having several long distance and international carriers to choose from. Against this backdrop, the EU has released its controls on Global One, effectively allowing it to operate in all EU territories. Global One's plans for expansion in Europe are on hold, however, following the departure of Gary Forsee, the company's president, in July. Forsee is though to have shouldered responsibility for Global One's relatively poor showing in several European markets Global One is preparing to roll out a complete range of telecommunications in the UK, aiming for the project to act as a blueprint for its other operations in the 14 other countries in the EU territories. In the UK, Global One is now working with MetroHoldings, a joint venture local loop operation, to offer direct access to its international network. Previously, Sprint mainly offered international telecommunications services in the UK. Under the new initiative, however, the firm wants to offer a complete range of voice and data services, on a national and international basis, to the UK business customer base. Global One also wants to hook UK business customers into its international voice, frame relay, ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) and IP (Internet protocol) services. The new Metro Services division is headed by Richard Flegg, who was previously Global One's director of European business development. He told Newsbytes that the carrier is also developing new services which will be available on routes between the major European trading centers, including Frankfurt, Paris, New York and London, as well as other sites in the UK. According to Flegg, new and existing customers of Global One will now be able to take advantage of "metropolitan services" within the UK and across international boundaries. "This also extends the competitiveness of Global One in serving the UK domestic needs of multinational customers and complements the existing international services offered today," he said. According to Global One, as the geographic reach of the MetroHoldings infrastructure extends, the scale of the UK domestic voice and data services will grow with it. The company also plans to offer a range of high speed metropolitan LAN-to-LAN and end-to-end managed bandwidth services. Reported by Newsbytes News Network, newsbytes.com .