31.   Still, analysts and executives said the merger was another milestone in the redrawing of the communications landscape that began when the government deregulated the industry in February.

32.   Thailand has begun deregulating the industry, first letting in foreign banks and now these new Thai competitors.

33.   The FCC has only tiptoed around the issue of rural telephone service since it began deregulating the industry last year.

34.   The governor and the leaders are discussing ways to deregulate the industry so that insurers can negotiate their rates directly with hospitals.

35.   The issue was raised in a lawsuit by telecommunications companies challenging federal regulations intended to deregulate the industry.

36.   The law, sweeping in its scope, deregulated the industry to spur competition by encouraging smaller companies to take on the longstanding Bell monopolies in local markets.

37.   The industry is being deregulated.

38.   The measure is unlikely to become law anytime soon, however, because many lawmakers want to make its provisions part of broader legislation deregulating the industry.

39.   The New York Public Service Commission wants to turn over power systems to independent operators as part of its efforts to deregulate the industry.

40.   The New Jersey Legislature is expected to use the plan as a blueprint for deregulating the industry.