CHRIS GENT, KING OF THE WEB?

摘要

The taunts started two months ago, right after Vodafone Chairman Chris Gent launched his $163 billion takeover bid for telecom rival Mannesmann. In full-page ads, Mannes-mann ridiculed Vodafone AirTouch plc, its unwelcome suitor, as a neophyte on the Net. The German company, with its own established wired-line Internet service, contrasted its Net "experts" with the British "novices."