71.   MCI has been spending billions to build local networks of fiber-optic cable to handle calls in more than two dozen cities so far.

72.   Most consumers, who called the New Straits Times today, said theSelangor Waterworks Department should at least provide information throughthe Press if it could not handle individual calls.

73.   Regional centers would handle the calls and contact the appropriate law enforcement agencies, the official said.

74.   Russia and the United States held a second day of joint naval exercises Monday aimed at improving cooperation in handling distress calls from ships in the Pacific.

75.   The accounting rate is the amount shared equally by US and Philippine carriers for handling calls that pass through their respective networks.

76.   The FCC set benchmarks on how much American carriers should pay foreign telecom companies for handling calls coming from the US.

77.   Toll-free service was designed to relieve the burden of operators handling collect calls to businesses.

78.   A hotline was set up at the foreign ministry to handle calls from worried relatives.

79.   Tanaka denied suggestions that the planned East NTT, which will handle local calls in eastern Japan, will be especially profitable, while West NTT will incur losses.