From patrick.schouller@inria.fr Tue Jun 13 18:24:20 2000 To: (Suppression de la liste des destinataires) From: Patrick Schouller Subject: EUSKATEL (Espagne) recherche des partenaires pour déposer un projet IAP EUSKALTEL is a Telecommunications Operator in Basque Country (Spain) bornt in 1995. It is supported by prestigious shareholders, leaders in various economical sectors (financial institutions, telecomunications, utilities and industry), and by the Basque Government (3%). Equity of 141 MEuros. EUSKALTEL is nowadays providing a complet offer of telecommunication products and services: - Fixed Voice telephony service Indirect access - Fixed Voice Telephony services Direct Access - Mobile telephony service DCS 18000 - Cable TV - Internet Access and Advanced Telematics Services - Phone-box Telephony - Data services Our plans are to reach a with direct access coverage of 80% of the Basque Country population and businesss in a four year period, and the towns of more than 5.000 inhabitants in a five year period. Nowadays we ahave 248 employees but it is estimated to have 400 an the end of next year. In 16 months, EUSKALTEL has more than 200.000 customers (more than 25% market penetration) and 280.000 activated lines, which results in close to 30% of the existing lines in Basque Country. We have also overtaken 30% of the internet users in our target region. Currently, we are working in several projects related to the education and the access of the children to the Internet. In those projects we are in deep contact with the education department of the regional Government of the Basque Country and they are very interested in: - Introducing internet in schools - Producing safe and adequate Web Browsers (if possible with control applications) that would be designed with the co-operation of pedagogues and approved by them. - Interactive TV applications to be included in programmes for children, for example Sesame Street - Applications to support disabled children We believe that all of these projects are in relation with the IAP Safe use of Internet and we would like to participate in such a project. Besides, we are planning to organise an International Congress on Digital Education in December 2000, which could be a very promising launching platform for the action. Ministère de l'Economie, des Finances et de l'Industrie Secrétariat d'Etat à l'Industrie Direction générale de l'Industrie, des Technologies de l'Information et de la Poste Service des Technologies et de la Société de l'Information Sous Direction des Programmes et de la Prospective le BERVIL - 12 rue Villiot - 75572 PARIS CEDEX 12 Téléphone : 01 53 44 94 25 - Télécopie 01 53 44 98 51 http://www.evariste.org/actu/schouller/