Czech officials have refused to reveal details about the companies that
had submitted preliminary offers for the state's 51.1 percent stake in
the telecommunications company Cesky Telecom. The deadline for
submitting non-binding offers passed on Thursday. Six European
telecommunications companies - France Telecom, Belgacom, Swisscom,
Telefonica, TDC and Vodafone - as well as four financial groups had
shown interest in taking control of Cesky Telecom. Denmark's TDC,
however, announced that it had decided to pull out of the tender.