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Technology Stocks : Alcatel (ALA) and France -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Yeadon who wrote (629)	5/7/1999 12:29:00 AM
From: bertrand bidaud	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3891

ML report? i will go through it again. But you can register for free at askmerrill.com and get all their research work. Very good stuff of course. Don't get me wrong, they do not like ALA. But a few months back, they were really negative (something like "who can be stupid enough to buy stocks of this company?"), now they seem to accept the possibility that ALA can do interesting stuff. But they are not converted yet. I recomend that you check Merrill web site, but will see how i can summarize the report ok? Otherwise, in Europe was released this news regarding a potentially large contract in Belgium for ADSL (several hundreds of thousands of lignes), over a period of 3 years, that could be extended to 5 years. I find odd that news given in Europe are not sent in US sites? Communication has to be improved isn't it? AOF le 06/05/1999 15:17 Belgacom signe un contrat avec ALCATEL pour développer ADSL Belgacom, principal opérateur de télécommunications belge, a choisi la technologie ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) développée par Alcatel (-0,08 % à 118,40 euros vers 15h10) comme base de ses nouvelles solutions multimédia destinées aux professionnels et aux particuliers. Belgacom a signé un accord cadre à long terme aux termes duquel Alcatel pourrait installer un réseau comprenant plusieurs centaines de milliers de lignes ADSL, en fonction de la demande suscitée par ce service. L'accord conclu couvre une période de trois ans extensible à cinq ans.