Greece’s socialist government presented a bill in parliament that would allow the state-owned Greek Telecommunications Organisation, OTE to to enter the cellular market, apparently violating an eight-year monopoly awarded to two private firms in 1992, Reuter reports from Athens: the bill, due to be voted on in early September, harmonises Greek telecommunications with the European Union in viewdata and electronic mail, and gives the minister more power in key decisions, including the award of permits, opening up new dangers of graft and corruption; the cellular operators put at risk by the bill are Stet Hellas and Panafon, the former owned 70% by Stet SpA, Nynex Corp, 25% and Greece’s Interamerican Insurance Co the balance, teh latter by Vodafone Group Plc, 45%, France Telecom 35%, Greece’s Intracom SA, 10% and Database of Greece.