  The results for the running of the gauge couplings in the MSSM are up-dated
by proper inclusion of all low scale effects. They are presented as predictions
for the strong coupling constant in the scenario with only two parameters at
the GUT scale ~ ($\alpha_{U}$ ~and ~$M_{U}$) ~and as a mismatch of the
couplings at the scales ~$\sim 3 \times 10^{16}$ GeV ~and ~$4\times10^{17}$
GeV, when all three couplings are taken as the experimental input.
