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- Date: Sun, 15 Nov 92 20:34:16 EST
- From: David Leibold <DLEIBOLD@VM1.YorkU.CA>
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: BCE to Take 20% Stake in Mercury Communications
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- Organization: TELECOM Digest
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- X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 842, Message 3 of 14
- Lines: 16
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- A deal between BCE (Bell Canada's parent company) and Cable and
- Wireless (Mercury's owner) means that BCE will pick up a 20% stake in
- Mercury while Mercury will invest $60 million (CAD$) in BCE Cable (UK)
- Ltd, a cable television company, according to {The Toronto Star}.
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- Mercury reportedly has 7% of the UK telecom market, and wants to
- expand its residential services (but didn't say whether this was in
- terms of local loop, or better long distance access).
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- Cable companies can use phone lines in the UK, thus all the
- connections between cable and telephone companies.
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- dleibold@vm1.yorku.ca
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