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To: elmatador who wrote (12213)	12/28/2001 10:30:37 AM
From: smolejv@gmx.net	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

"Mergers" was my first reaction... Sad and ironic to look at my mighty Alcatel (and KPN and...) profits in 2000... Everybody seems to look away for now, including the governments, that creamed off mightily (at least some of them) on the UMTS licences. To be expected: rescheduling of the fees' payments. Q: what does UMTS stand for? A: Unerwartete Mehreinnahmen zur Tilgung Staatsschulden - iow unexpected extra income to pay down the national debt. The joker: Mr. Eichel, German finance minister