61. DSL stands for Digital Subscriber Line, and, like cable modems, provide much faster Internet access than through traditional phone lines. 62. European Union competition regulators treat companies providing Internet telephony services in the same way as traditional phone providers. 63. Instead, he said he looks at mobile phones more as a complement to traditional phones. 64. The layoffs will affect people involved in production or administration at its Infocom Systems unit, which makes switches and other equipment for traditional phone networks. 65. The rules were also meant to help newer companies that want to provide both traditional local phone service as well as high-speed Internet connections. 66. The Supreme Court agreed Monday to settle a dispute among traditional local phone companies and their upstart competitors that could affect consumer choices and prices for basic phone service. 67. They also made calls on traditional phones but may have used a special telephone company code to make it harder to follow their tracks, officials said. 68. They contended the company has experienced tremendous growth in its data business, which provides high-speed Internet service over its traditional phone lines. 69. Wireless companies are even putting pressure on traditional phone companies in some places to lower their prices. |
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