	equatorial communications equa to have losses equatorial communications co said it expects to report losses of about mln dlrs for the fourth quarter and mln dlrs for the full year on revenues of about mln dlrs for the quarter and mln dlrs for the year equatorial said the losses will include a charge of about mln dlrs from costs associated with the restructuring of its business including adjustments to reflect the market value of transponders owned and leased by equatorial and other reserves for inventory receivables and excess facilities equatorial said the fourth quarter operating results will also include restructuring costs of about dlrs in addition to the mln dlr charge equitorial also said that as of march one it is operating in technical default under its lease of transponders on the galaxy iii satellite due to its inabiliuty to maintain agreed upon financial ratios it said it is in talks with the lessors in an attempt to restructure lease obligations further equitorial said it is in default of two other oblitations in connection with the purchase or lease of transponders as a result of cross default provisions equatorial said it has signed a memorandum of understanding for contel corp ctc to purchase mln dlrs of equatorial master earth stations micro earth stations and associated equipment and loan equatorial six mln dlrs over a six month period for repayment starting in december the company said conteol under the agreement would assume a portion of equatorial s rights and obligations under the galaxy iii transponder lease with burnham leasing on the occurrence of certain events equatorial said it would grant contel an option to buy about common shares at dlrs each equatorial said its understandings with contel are subject to equatorial s ability to restructure a significant portion of its obligations and to obtain concessions from lenders and lessors in particular under its galaxy iii transponder lease it said it hopes to finalize a contel agreement by april equatorial in ed dlrs after a dlr gain from early debt retirement on revenues of mln dlrs for the first nine months of the company lost dlrs on revenues of mln dlrs compared with a dlr profit after the early retirement gain on revenues of mln dlrs reuter 
