Fortunately, the U.S. company opened exploratory discussions with the third firm in parallel with the second.
Outside the United States, Deutsche Telekom has also held exploratory discussions with Telefonica of Spain and Cable and Wireless of Britain.
About four years ago, the laboratory held exploratory discussions with Consolidated Edison and Brooklyn Union Gas, now a part of KeySpan Energy, about what technological innovations they needed.
"Positive, exploratory discussions with the Swans have now started about selling the Liberty Stadium to them," the Swansea council leader, Rob Stewart, told the South Wales Evening Post.
Page A14 CLOSE OF MIDEAST MEETINGS The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, said that a round of exploratory discussions with Israel under Jordanian auspices had ended.
Then one heard tales of the Kirov's stumbling efforts to stage the "Ring": productions by German directors of "Das Rheingold" and "Die Walküre" scrapped and exploratory discussions with still other stage directors.
Her ideas were met with immediate interest, including from Jockey Club Racecourses, who have begun exploratory discussions with her as to what action might be possible at their 15 tracks, which include Cheltenham, Aintree and Epsom.
They also instructed the European commission to: 1 – Start exploratory discussions with the Iranian authorities on a possible link between the Common Market and Iran. 2 – Prepare a report on future relations with Israel.
Commenting on Tsipras's refusal to engage in exploratory discussions with the main opposition leader, Evangelos Meimarakis – handed a mandate to form a government last Friday – a senior official said: "The prime minister explained … that there is no chance of establishing a government in the current parliament, which is why he immediately handed the mandate to the president of the republic".
