Questions below refer to the following press release.
Paris and Madrid
January 1
Two European telecommunications companies have announced that they are merging. Teleparle of Paris and Spanish company Transcom will (1)............... to become Telemonde. The news was announced Monday at a joint meeting of the companies' stakeholders. The newly-formed corporation is expected to provide service to more than 50 million European customers. This will surpass the size of Megacall, Europe's other telecommunications giant. The (2)............... executive director of Teleparle, Greta LaSalle, said, “The merger of these corporations means that Telemonde will be a telecommunications giant in the 21st century.”
(3)............... the merger, LaSalle will continue her leadership position as chief executive officer.