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EXHIBIT 2.10 COMPARATIVE GROWTH IN TOTAL OUTGOING INTERNATIONAL TELEPHONE TRAFFIC AND INTENSITY OF USE

% p.a. growth in

outgoing international

telephone

calls 1976 - 1985

80

O

China

60

40

Australia

о

О

Italy

20

South Korea

UK

0

Size of circles are proportional

5

10

15

Hong Kong

О

о

Singapore

West Germany

20

NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL CALLS PER EXCHANGE LINE IN 1985 - 1986

О

to the number of outgoing telephone calls

i.e 38 million - Hong Kong (November 1987)

199 million - UK

25