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To: Hatim Zaghloul who wrote (964)	11/8/1999 10:00:00 PM
From: r.edwards	Respond to of 16863

Hatim are you going to this...? Message 11852164 And your multi-point patents should apply....?

To: Hatim Zaghloul who wrote (964)	11/8/1999 10:17:00 PM
From: akmike	Respond to of 16863

Hatim-Great progress! You are having quite a couple of weeks-what do you have planned for Christmas? <gg> Best regards, Mike

To: Hatim Zaghloul who wrote (964)	11/8/1999 10:58:00 PM
From: axial	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 16863

Thread - A repost of a totaltele.com/Communications Week International article: I suggest WIN owners read between the lines.Emphasis and italics added by the poster. Telia plans new network for international growth By Joanne Taaffe 20 September 1999 With Unisource dead and buried, Telia AB has developed a whole new strategy for its international expansion. The Swedish carrier is investing 5 billion kroner ($605 million) in a new managed carriers' carrier network in the United States and southern and eastern Europe. The company will also serve multinationals with communications on a carrier-class scale. While the main focus of the project will be to extend its previously announced Scandinavian and Viking rings in Europe, the company will be making a substantial investment in the United States, where it will face fierce competition. Stockholm-based Telia's U.S. subsidiary is constructing its business plan and will look to secure between a third and a half of the SKr5-billion budget, depending on the U.S.network's reach. "The network is European mainly - eastern parts of Europe, for example Poland ... where the Viking ring does not reach, and southern Europe, [for example] Italy and Spain. In some parts we are investing in our own fibers, in others we might find it more rapid to buy a small company with infrastructure," said Marianne Nivert, executive vice president of Telia. While acknowledging that the focus of the effort will be to service European operators, Magnus Kjell, chief executive of Telia in the United States, said: "We'll cover 11 major cities in the U.S. We might, depending on the scope of Telia/Telenor, want to extend to 54 but then we'll need to back [the wholesale services] up with retail services." Telia hopes to have its U.S. network, for which it wants to buy two fiber pairs, in place by early next year. And the Swedish operator looks set to follow up with an Asian rollout. "It will happen eventually in Asia," said Kjell. Telia has been in need of an international strategy since its European alliance floundered. "It's a very sound strategic move for Telia, following the collapse of Unisource," said Barry Flanigan, a consultant with Ovum Ltd., London. But Telia will face tough competition in a market where it is difficult to measure future demand and where a lot of network capacity is being put in place. "[Telia] had to do it, but equally, building this network is not going to generate lots of revenue. There is a fierce battle shaping up [among] small new entrants, incumbents such as BT and Telia, and large U.S. firms with fairly deep pockets ... There are at least 12 to 13 carriers building pan-European networks in some places," said Flanigan. Competition in the United States is even fiercer, acknowledged Kjell, and the company will be forced to offer value-added services. Telia recognizes it is entering the carriers' carrier game when competitors are already taking position. But the Swedish operator had little choice but to enter late: "If we go backwards two years we were in Unisource, that didn't fit in for Telia to go out and compete with Unisource," said Nivert. "We want to do it quickly." Possible acquisition targets include last vestiges of Unisource in France, added Nivert. What will help mark Telia out from the crowd is its new focus on eastern and southern Europe: most new networks run along familiar routes, linking Milan, Frankfurt and London. Best, Jim