The supervisory board of Deutsche Bundespost Telekom has given the final go-ahead for its strategic alliance with France Telecom, which involves merging some corporate communications activities, will begin by registering its headquarters in Brussels: the holding company which will administer each company’s investment will be called Atlas Holding SA and the operating company will be Atlas Europe SA; Atlas France SA will be formed in Paris, Atlas Deutschand GmbH in Bonn and the Atlas venture wants to provide international data transmission services, leased international lines, virtual private networks and very small aperture terminal satellite services – but it must still be approved by Brussels.
