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To: SKIP PAUL who wrote (20905)	1/6/1999 9:05:00 PM
From: Ruffian	Respond to of 152472

Doesn't look like ATT will be in our corner soon> W US WIRELESS SERVICE CHOOSES CONVERGYS Telecomworldwire TELECOMWORLDWIRE--(C) 1994-8 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Convergys Corp has been chosen by TeleCorp PCS, an affiliate of AT&T Wireless, to provide customer care in English and Spanish. TeleCorp will in early 1999 introduce a TDMA-based digital wireless service in several areas of the US, covering over 11m people. Under the five-year contract, Convergys will also offer services in telesales, activation, billing inquiries, and technical assistance. Contract value was not given. (Copyright 1998) _____via IntellX_____

To: SKIP PAUL who wrote (20905)	1/6/1999 9:07:00 PM
From: Ruffian	Respond to of 152472

Maybe The Q will Be Invited To Play> China ready to open market to telecoms Journal of Commerce After several false starts, China appears finally to be moving to open its telecommunications market to real competition, which is likely to benefit U.S. and other foreign supplies of technology and equipment. Ending the effective monopoly of state-owned China Telecom is linked with efforts to join the World Trade Organization. That has been blocked by the United States, which is insisting on more open markets, especially in services. China Telecom operates local and long-distance service, mobile communications, paging services and data communications. The Ministry of Information Industry drew up several suggestions for breaking that stranglehold, but none was deemed acceptable by the governing State Council. Its latest version is expected to get the necessary approval, analysts said. Under the proposal, China Telecom will be split into distinct companies for local phone service, cell phone operations, satellite transmissions and paging. It would retain its international service franchise. Each new company will be restricted to its area of specialization at the outset, but allowed to compete in other areas later, the Shenghuo Shibao (Life Times) said. China United Telecommunications Corp., known as [ Unicom ] , was set up in 1994 as a joint venture among the ministries of electronics industry, power and railway to rival the information ministry's grip. It hoped to engender competition and cut very high installation and other charges. Unicom accuses China Telecom of stunting its growth by refusing to provide network interconnections. China Telecom revenue is estimated at 180 billion yuan ($22 billion) for 1998, 112 times those of China Unicom. Under the latest proposal, China Unicom and the newly independent cellular phone company spun off from China Telecom will be supervised by the information ministry. The two will be on equal footing in terms of access to local networks and fees. The breakup will also end China Telecom's practice of using the profit from one sector to subsidize losses in another, which gives it a huge competitive advantage over China Unicom. (Copyright 1999) _____via IntellX_____ Publication Date: January 06, 1999 Powered by NewsReal's IndustryWatch ...back to top

To: SKIP PAUL who wrote (20905)	1/6/1999 9:11:00 PM
From: Ruffian	Respond to of 152472

I found This Interesting> Mobile phone users The Times of London MOBILE phone users will soon be able to switch between rival networks without having to change their phone number thanks to a ruling yesterday by Oftel, the industry regulator. The new rule, which will come into effect tomorrow, will heighten competition in the mobile phone industry and could result in many customers changing networks more regularly. (Copyright Times Newspapers Ltd, 1998) _____via IntellX_____