AUSTRIA: ORF, TELECOM CHANGE INTERNET PLANS

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Contrary to plans announced in 1999, Telekom Austria (TA) and ORF will continue to cooperate in the Internet market. TA and Libro AG are to set up a new Internet company that will take over the activities of Libro's Lion.cc and of A-Online , a joint venture with ORF. TA would like to include also another partner from the printed or electronic media sector. TA wants the new company to be Austria's biggest Internet portal service for private individuals. In terms of visitors, A-Online is already the leading portal, ahead of Lion.cc.

Internet service providers, Online information services, Telekom Austria, Libro

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AUSTRIA: ORF TO LEAVE AUSTRIA ONLINE

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ORF is to withdraw from Austria Online (Aon), its 50:50 joint venture with Telekom Austria (TA). The latter is to planning to merge Aon with Lion, the on-line service provider of Libro, the bookshop chain in which TA recently acquired a 25% stake. The merger of Aon and Lion should take place in March 2000. The new company will be owned 51% by TA and 49% by Libro. Libro is planning investments of about Sch 80mn in internet. Reportedly ORF has been planning a withdrawal from Aon for some time, as it fears competition to its own internet activity that is run under the label "ORF on".

Communications, Broadcasting and Telecommunications, Telecommunications industry, Telekom Austria AG, ORF AG (Austria)

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AUSTRIA: FIRMS TEAM UP FOR AIRPORT PROJECTS

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About 20 Austrian companies, among them consultants, construction companies and equipment manufacturers, are to enter cooperation in order to bid for contracts within the construction of airports abroad. The world market in this field is estimated at US$ 400bn annually.

Construction, Industrial Nonbuilding Structure Construction, Airports, Airport Operations, Airports Construction, Airport construction

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