France Telecom expected to bid for upcoming DCS contract

One of the expected bidders is France Telecom, which received a license to run a DCS network in Denmark last week. "This is a large investment," said Sami Karam of France Telecom Mobile. The company's 900 MHz "Itineris" GSM network debuted in France in 1991 and is now in need of expansion, leading it to launch a new 1800 MHz frequency network, Karam explained. According to France Telecom management, DCS is the best system for large cities due to its high frequency. "We are going to start producing two-system phones, which will operate in a unified GSM-DCS network," Karam announced. In Poland, however, the company plans to offer DCS as a separate service. (Zycie, page 16)