EXHIBIT 7.1 JOINT FILING AGREEMENT The undersigned hereby agree that the Amendment No. 9 to Schedule 13D to which this Joint Filing Agreement is attached as Exhibit 7.1, is filed on behalf of each of us. Date: October 23, 1998 Gold & Appel Transfer,...

                          EXHIBIT 7.1

                     JOINT FILING AGREEMENT

The undersigned hereby agree that the Amendment No. 9 to Schedule 13D to which
this Joint Filing Agreement is attached as Exhibit 7.1, is filed on behalf of
each of us. 

Date:     October 23, 1998

                                   Gold & Xxxxx Transfer, S.A.,
                                   a British Virgin Islands corporation


                                   By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
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                                        Xxxx Xxxxxxxx, Attorney-in-Fact for
                                        Gold & Xxxxx Transfer, S.A.

                                       /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
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                                           Xxxx Xxxxxxxx