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To: TechMkt who wrote (6185)	5/20/2000 9:51:00 PM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15615

Fez, thanks for bringing this issue to the baord. It's something that's been circulating in the back of my mind for some time now. Please provide us with the source of the ION information that you posted in the uplink (date of pub and url), if you don't mind. I have a feeling that the release is quite old, probably predating the GBLX acquisition of Racal. I could be mistaken, but this has not been played up the way it should, if it were still in force with the same implications as when it was first written. Also, we've not seen any earth-shattering claims or announcements of such a relationship in the states, thus far. All of which leads me to infer that all is not, shall we say, mutually appealing, between these two outfits. Instead, what we've seen is GBLX making a very large commitment to go with one of MFNX's principal looming competitors in the North American Metro space: Telergy. I am not aware of any specific set of circumstances that point to why this should be so, but it sure seems to me like the most obvious of alliances, i.e., that of a business relationship between MFNX and GBLX here in the states, has yet to take place. I'd be interested in reading comments from you and others on this matter. FAC

To: TechMkt who wrote (6185)	5/21/2000 2:45:00 PM
From: Ellen	Respond to of 15615

Message 13531602 To: JDN who wrote (5937) From: Ellen Monday, May 1, 2000 7:46 AM ET Reply # of 6191 Just hadn't seen this posted here, so thought I would. ionworld.com ION - International Optical Network - which is the joint venture between MFNX and Racal (owned by GBLX). Metromedia Fiber Network provides technologically advanced, high-bandwidth, private, fiber optic communications infrastructure within major U.S. markets. The Company provides its infrastructure to communications carriers competing in the local, long distance, wireless, and Internet markets as well as corporate/government customers requiring secure communications networks for the transmission of large amounts of voice, data, and video. Headquartered in the New York area, Metromedia Fiber Network currently operates a fiber optic metropolitan area network in New York and is developing local fiber optic infrastructure along strategic routes in Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington D.C. and Boston and an inter-city link between New York and Washington D.C. For more information about Metromedia Fiber Network, please visit the company?s Web site at www.mmfn.com. Racal Telecom is Europe's leading provider of managed network and support services, according to a new report by CIT Research, which also ranks the company as the UK's largest provider ahead of BT, Cable & Wireless Communications and AT&T UK. Racal Telecom provides a full range of managed telecommunications services, including voice, data, Internet, messaging, mobile cellular and multi-media communications to organizations primarily in the Government, transportation, retail, financial services and manufacturing sectors. The company is part of the Racal Electronics Group, which had annual revenues of more than œ1 billion in 1997. www.racaltelecom.com