Deutsche Telekom is currently seeking to buy the shares it does not already own of its Internet subsidiary, T-Online International.

To reduce its operating costs, the company recently closed several multimedia and Internet subsidiaries and promises future job cuts.

Moreover, many power companies already have the telecommunications infrastructures that their Internet subsidiaries could use to serve outside customers.

Before the electric company started its Internet subsidiary in the fall of 1995, residents of the area had to place a long-distance call to get Internet access.

The affiliation began last February, when Cendant sold its Internet subsidiary, Move.com, to Homestore, producing a $525 million gain.

The Telesoft Corporation said yesterday that it had agreed to sell its Internet subsidiary for more than $20 million.

Internet subsidiary had agreed to acquire Coolchat Inc., Pleasanton, Calif., a free Web chat site with 300,000 members.

By 2003, García recognized that the myPrivates.com, Inc., Internet subsidiary, was unsuccessful and had to be closed.

An Internet subsidiary is called IQO.com.

T-Online, the Internet subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, said it ran a big loss last year even though its sales climbed sharply.