"It's a Nixonesque move, " Sipprelle said in a telephone interview.

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Meanwhile, UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has been speaking to Mr Ahern by telephone in a further effort to move the process forward this week.

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Currently accounting for 40% of its business, Rapp foresees enhanced services becoming Cape.com's entire business within a couple of years, as the telephone and cable companies move aggressively into the access market.

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