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basketball), a broadband fiber optic network that would provide
residents of Trieste with high speed Internet access to
financial, cultural, and community information and to other
telecommunications services.
The proposed Trieste project involved development of an
infrastructure and the software applications necessary to qualify
Trieste as a “digital city”.
Apparently, the proposed Trieste project was approved by
Italian government officials and organizations. Telcom-Italia,
one of Italy’s major telecommunications corporations, and IBM-
Italy were to be involved in the Trieste project.
In late 1997 and 1998, funds were raised, and various
aspects of the Trieste project were begun. In 1998, meetings and
negotiations were held with government leaders and local
businessmen and with officials of Telecom-Italia and IBM-Italy.
Also, certain construction activities relating to the Trieste
project were undertaken. For example, some of the streets in
Trieste, Italy, apparently were dug up in preparation for the
installation of fiber optic cable.
Adrical, Inc. (Adrical), a Delaware corporation formed on
September 14, 1998, was involved in aspects of the management of
the Trieste project. The record does not reflect who invested in
Adrical, who owned the stock of Adrical, who filed the
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