EXHIBIT 23.6

                      CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


We hereby consent to the use in this Registration Statement on Form S-1 of our
report dated November 19, 1999 relating to the financial statements of GTN
Gesellschaft fur Telekommunikations-und Netzwerkdienste mbH, which appears in
such Registration Statement. We also consent to the reference to us under the
heading "Experts" in such Registration Statement.


PricewaterhouseCoopers GmbH
Wirtschaftsprufungsgesellschaft

/s/ I. Trauer         /s/ A. Jacobs

Dusseldorf, Germany
November 19, 1999