21.   Expectations are high in the fast-stepping transformation of the communications business, even though executives must follow a winding path to reach their goals.

22.   For the last four years, Harry J. Carr has been ahead of the curve in the communications equipment business.

23.   For a company in the communications business, it is amazingly publicity-shy.

24.   For years, the cost of running a network was a big part, perhaps a third or more, of running a communications business.

25.   He also said that the company might hold on to the communications business or sell all or part of it.

26.   He may have made his fortune in the communications business, but Warren Bailey never was much of a talker.

27.   However, its communication business based on Notes doubled.

28.   Idei did not discuss specific plans for the communications business but said he was interested in television broadcasting, computer information services, cable television and satellite broadcasting.

29.   In March, James River said it would spin off its communications papers business to reduce debt and focus on its consumer products.

30.   In the communications business, it has become an article of faith that the ultimate winners will be the companies that can put together the biggest, broadest bundles.