EUROPE: UNCERTAINTY ABOUT PROFITABILITY OF UMTS

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The profitability of the future UMTS services is uncertain, and it will be extremely difficult for operators to recover the huge investment costs, the paper writes, referring to several telecom experts. Ole Mork Lauridsen, Corporate Director of Research of the Danish company GN Nettest, says the content provided by the UMTS systems will be the same as provided by the GSM systems during the first two-three years. Lars Lolk Hauge, director of the UMTS project of Tele Danmark Mobile, says GSM and UMTS supplement each other, and says several services that will be provided through UMTS can be supplied by GSM as well.

Publisher: A/S Forlaget Borsen
Publication Name: Boersen
Subject: Business, international
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Year: 2001
Sales, profits & dividends, European Union

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POLAND:DANISH TDC FORMS AN ALLIANCE WITH SZEPTEL

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TDC, the Danish telecoms company that was formerly known as Tele Danmark, is to enter into a strategic alliance with Szeptel, the listed Polish telecoms company. Through the alliance TDC will get access to a major fiber network. TDC Internet manager Lars Torpe Christoffersen says Poland is an incredibly important market for us but the company declines to give any further details about co-operation between the companies.

Publisher: A/S Forlaget Borsen
Publication Name: Boersen
Subject: Business, international
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Year: 2001
Telecommunications, Joint ventures, Telephone Communication, Poland, Telecommunications industry, Tele Danmark Datacom

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GERMANY: DEBITEL WANTS TO ACQUIRE TALKLINE

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Telecoms company Debitel, the German part of Swisscom, is interested in acquiring Talkline, a German subsidiary of Danish state-owned telecoms company TDC. The price is expected to be approximately US$0.2bn. German MobilCom, Debitel and Group 3G have also shown interest in acquiring Talkline.

Publisher: A/S Forlaget Borsen
Publication Name: Boersen
Subject: Business, international
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Year: 2001
Asset sales & divestitures, Germany, Debitel AG, Swisscom AG, Group 3G

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