21.   On Thursday, Mobile TeleSystems, or MTS, is expected to announce the purchase of local operators in the regions of Khabarovsk, Sverdlovsk and Novosibirsk.

22.   Other local operators have emerged in Poland, but none with the coverage area of Netia.

23.   The Purchase, New York-based company is still looking for a local operator with which to form a joint venture.

24.   OOCL, however, does not intend to decide which local terminal operator it will use next year until March, a spokesman said on Sunday.

25.   But Holmes, who is deaf, had trouble figuring out how to reach a special local operator who could relay a text message.

26.   But stocks of local wireless operators rose on Friday as the bill could generate foreign equity interest in their shares, industry analysts said.

27.   Citybus, KMB, Kwoon Chung Bus and Argo Bus are experienced local operators.

28.   Demand from customers concerned about their health and the environment and the enforcement of new legislation will force local operators to meet environmental standards.

29.   He cooked and sang in a small club in Puerto Princesa before he was lured into becoming the local illegal gambling operator.