Morten Karlsen Sorby with Terje Thon

Morten Karlsen Sorby (left), chief financial officer of the Scandinavian- owned Newtel Mobile, with Terje Thon, executive vice president, in Dublin yesterday to announce an Irpounds 1bn cash offer for Esat Telecom, Ireland's second-biggest telecoms company. The offer was rejected as inadequate

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