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1993年5月,在卡里多尼亚旅馆,英国电信公司总裁伊恩·瓦兰斯爵士同 MCI 电信公司总裁伯特·罗伯茨进行密谈。几小时以后,两位电信巨头握手谈成一笔43亿美元的大买卖;这家巨型英国电信公司将获得美国第二号长途电话公司MCI 电信公司20%的股份;两家电信公司将携起手来,在全球电信业中向 AT&T(美国电报电话公司)挑战。这次握手将英国电信公司和 AT&T 投入到类似双驾马车的比赛中,电信业巨头 AT&T年收入估计为450亿美元,而英国电信公司年收入为220亿
In May 1993, at the Caledonian Hotel, Sir Ian Varans, president of BT, held close discussions with Bert Roberts, president of MCI Telecom. A few hours later, the two telecom giants shook hands into a $ 4.3 billion deal; the giant British telecom company would get a 20% stake in MCI Telecom, the nation’s second-largest long distance carrier, and the two telecom companies would join hands To challenge AT & T (AT & T) in the global telecommunications industry. The handshake put BT and AT & T in a race similar to the two-chariot, with telco giant AT & T earning an estimated $ 45bn a year, compared to BT’s annual revenue of $ 22bn