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General Motors Corp.'s decision last week to give subsidiary Electronic Data Systems Corp. its freedom will add a hungry new player to the world of telecommunications-related mergers and acquisitions.
Already the largest computer services company with $10 billion in annual sales, EDS has been itching to hook up with a telecommunications company as a way to expand into new markets.
EDS's prior efforts to close deals with AT&T Corp., BT and most recently Sprint Corp. have fallen because EDS was not an independent company, according to analysts.
GM announced last week it...