BELL SOUTH <BLS> UNIT TO BUY 600,000 LINES
Bell South Corp's South Central Bell
operating company plans to purchase 600,000 lines of digital
central office equipment by the end of the decade from a
subsidiary of <Plessey Co Ltd>, Plessey said.
    Plessey's subsidiary, Stromberg-Carlson, said the value of
the purchase will be between 100 mln dlrs and 200 mln dlrs. It
said it received the notification of the purchase following the
conclusion of a digital switch study performed by BellSouth
Services.
 Reuter
