11.   Clients would have less choice in selecting a telecom provider and less power to keep the price down, he said.

12.   Currently, original telecom providers gain most of the revenue without sharing it with other network providers they connect to.

13.   Coopers and Lybrand has drawn up a new tariff structure for all telecom services and the interconnection charges to be levied on each telecom provider.

14.   Telecom service providers did not do as well as technology hardware.

15.   The deal includes three OTE companies, including the main OTE telecom provider, its cellular network subsidiary Cosmote, and internet service provider Otenet.

16.   While telecom providers across the globe cut back on spending, some operators are still building wireless infrastructure.

17.   Only one other high-tech company, telecom equipment provider Riverstone Networks, has tested the IPO market so far this year.

18.   The venture was between Malaysian telecommunication services contractor, Mega Mark Enterprise, and Hungarian telecom cable technology provider Hungaro-Kabel Co. Ltd., Bernama news agency reported.

19.   Seoul has also promised transparency in selecting telecom equipment providers, but foreigners complain complicated approval and certification procedures restrict their business here.