71.   The focus on infrastructure puts telecom companies at a disadvantage, said Rolf De Vegt, vice president of Renaissance International, a Boston-based consulting company.

72.   The rebound in the communications sector was triggered by an aggressive expansion of many telecom companies into new markets.

73.   The stakes for telecom companies are huge.

74.   The state-controlled telecom services company named Avi Hochman acting chief executive.

75.   The telecom company, which has a long history of supporting Republicans, says the Tennessee Democrat and technology junkie understands their issues better than anyone else.

76.   The U.S. is also unhappy with a less than majority foreign ownership of large telecom companies in countries such as Japan and France.

77.   Then there are the telecom equipment companies.

78.   These telecom companies took on so much debt to capitalize on the explosion in demand for data and voice communications services.

79.   These telecom companies took on such high amounts of debt to capitalize on the explosion in demand for data and voice communications services.

80.   They were hurt by investors switching into Telecom Mobile, a cellular phone company expected to grow faster than the established telecoms companies.