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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7933

28 March 2001
Contents Publication in full By article 50 / 72
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) telecommunications

Dutch KPN (13.5 bn euro turnover in 2000, but with a debt of 21.9 bn euro) has confirmed the adoption of a vast plan to sell off assets so as to return to a profit. It thus plans to: sell 21% of EIRCELL and the same percentage of EIRCOM (Ireland), sell 20.3% of CESKY TELECOM (Czech Republic), 75.2% of PANTEL and 55.7% of PANNON (Hungary), 17.7% of INFONET (United States), 16.3% of UMC (Ukraine), 22.3% of TELKOMSEL (Indonesia), 51% of EUROPE WEB and 100% of VISON NETWORKS (the Netherlands).

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
THE DAY IN POLITICS
GENERAL NEWS
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION