31.   Sprint is also currently studying a plan to spin off its cellular operations.

32.   Sprint Corp. may spin off its cellular telephone business to shareholders to comply with federal limits on the number of cellular operations a company can own.

33.   Sprint, which has cellular operations, has also entered into a new generation of cellular telephone called personal communications services, or PCS.

34.   The merger of the AirTouch and US West cellular operations had been held up while both sides awaited passage of the landmark telecommunications bill.

35.   The two companies will begin merging their cellular operations right away but they still will be owned separately by the two companies.

36.   They each have hundreds of multinational corporate customers and operate large cellular operations.

37.   They have already combined their cellular operations and are partners in several ventures.

38.   U.S. West has joined with other phone companies in seeking a waiver for cellular operations in U.S. District Court in Virginia.

39.   Communications giant Telefonos de Mexico SA says it is considering plans to launch cellular operations in Brazil and expand in Central America.