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To: BillyG who wrote (41635)	5/29/1999 1:28:00 PM
From: Maya	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 50808

Hey BillyG, Welcome back. Looks like you are out of jetlag. I think the only reason for AB not getting kicked out is because of some kind of deal with INTC.

To: BillyG who wrote (41635)	5/29/1999 2:33:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Respond to of 50808

German cable.................................... inside-cable.co.uk 24th May 1999 GERMANY'S CABLE INDUSTRY - RUMBLES BEFORE UPHEAVAL Or use your browser BACK button to return to the previous page. Deutsche Telekom has indicated to its investors at a widely reported private briefing that it is planning to retain a significant stake in its regional cable networks in an attempt to ensure it can control the way in which the networks compete in the residential voice telephony market. Telekom plans to sell its operating company in regional tranches to nine bidders who would offer digital TV programming, high-speed Internet access and basic phone services. It believes they can improve annual revenues from the present 2.4 bn marks to 10.2 billion marks by 2005. The sale is likely to be staged unless European regulators step in to ensure that a timetable is put to the 1997 directive which requires former PTT's to divest their cable assets. Media group Bertelsmann has admitted it is in talks with Microsoft on forming a partnership to bid for part of Deutsche Telekom's cable network. Bertelsmann is planning to offer interactive online services on TV systems by mid-2000 and has already sought the co-operation of German cable operators and manufacturers to create the infrastructure to get started. It has complained that Telekom's refusal to speed up the sale of its cable network is harming its plans. United Pan-European Communications (UPC) has offered 1.3 billion marks to buy German cable operator Telecolumbus, according to a German press report. Telecolumbus is owned by utilities RWE and Veba which are reputed to have refused an offer from telecoms group Mobilcom because they are seeking a foreign partner with experience in interactive multi-media cable television. ©Copyright 1999