1.   AOL in January reached a similar alliance with Bell Atlantic Corp., which serves the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast.

2.   A number of firms have announced similar alliances in the past but are finding it difficult to get their plans in place.

3.   Club Med said it will consider similar alliances in other countries on a case-by-case basis.

4.   Digital Equipment recently announced a similar alliance with Microsoft and MCI Communications.

5.   Earlier this month, Lufthansa announced a similar alliance with Scandinavian Airlines System.

6.   Ford Motor Co. and PSA Peugeot Citroen announced a similar alliance.

7.   Gateway, a Compaq rival, has a similar alliance with America Online, an MSN rival.

8.   He compared the deal to a similar alliance announced in March between rival search service Yahoo and long distance company MCI Communications.

9.   Havas countered that it had offered CLT a similar alliance and had been rebuffed.

10.   In October, the bank announced a similar alliance in Brazil with Banco Brascan, an investment bank based in Rio de Janeiro.