The Commission has published two proposals to authorise the ‘Atlas’ joint venture between France Télécom and Deutsche Telekom…

Date: 21/12/1995

...and that between Atlas itself and Sprint Corporation, dubbed 'Phoenix'. Interested parties have six weeks to submit observations before the decision is made. Meanwhile, the US Federal Communications Commission approved the creation of 'Phoenix', but limited Sprint's activities until Germany and France have opened their telecoms markets further.