71.   The bill calls for the state insurance commission to regulate the conversions.

72.   The Bells are expected to get more favorable pricing from state commissions than from the FCC.

73.   The case is an appeal by the Arkansas state commission that runs a five-station public television network.

74.   The companies need both the approval of federal and state antitrust authorities, as well as the state utility commissions where they are licensed to operate.

75.   The Bells argue that the only way they can be truly competitive is to escape the regulatory control of state commissions and the FCC.

76.   The commission, widely considered among the most activist of state utility commissions, is expected to take a hard look at the proposed ownership change for Nynex.

77.   The company has also filed long-distance applications with state commissions in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana and South Carolina, McCloskey said.

78.   The decision means that interconnection rules put in place by state utility commission remain in effect.

79.   The decision means that interconnection rules put in place by state utility commissions remain in effect, and it allows other states to move forward with their own rules.

80.   The FCC is required to take into account the recommendation of the state commission and the Justice Department before it makes its final determination.