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To: SecularBull who wrote (2495)	9/26/2000 1:55:53 PM
From: SecularBull	Respond to of 3873

France Telecom to Build American Fiber Network NEW YORK (Reuters) - France Telecom (FTE.PA) said Tuesday it will invest $200 million to build a 15,000-mile fiber optics network connecting 28 major cities in North America by the end of 2001. The network will be connected to France Telecom's pan-European backbone network, opened in October 1999, with international submarine cables. The network will meet the needs of the entire France Telecom group, especially for capacity for the fast-growing Internet traffic between the United States and Europe, the company said. Global One, Paris-based France Telecom's subsidiary with a U.S. operator's license, will use this transmission backbone network to further enhance global data and voice services it provides to multinational customers. France Telecom expects to finalize an agreement shortly with Level 3 Communications Inc. (NasdaqNM:LVLT - news) to provide the dark fiber network. France Telecom has chosen as equipment vendors Alcatel (CGEP.PA) for the DWDM (Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing) equipment, and Nortel Networks Corp. (Toronto:NT.TO - news) (NYSE:NT - news) for the SONET (Synchronous Optical NETwork) equipment. >>> LoF