Bids for the contract to build and run West Germany’s second digital cellular telephone network have to be in by tomorrow, and there will be at least six consortia contending for the franchise: the Wall Street Journal has spotted truck builder MAN AG with Hoesch AG, Securicor Group Plc, Bell Atlantic Corp, Ameritech Inc, Societa Finanziaria Telefonica SpA and the Allgemeine Deutsche Automobil-Club; other consortia are headed by Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, Daimler-Benz AG, Deutsche Shell AG, Mannesmann AG and Axel Springer Verlag AG; award is expected in December.