1.   Although AirTouch has such agreements, most customers do not roam outside their local coverage area, said Melissa May, an AirTouch spokeswoman.

2.   And BellSouth, whose coverage area includes Louisiana, has been especially supportive of the bill and, in particular, Tauzin.

3.   Atlanta-based Powertel has a coverage area that includes Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee and Hilton Head, S.C.

4.   BellSouth is vulnerable because coverage areas of its wireless television and DSL services are both spotty.

5.   A cellular company is commonly valued according to each potential customer within the coverage area.

6.   Called Cellular Digital Packet Data, or CDPD, the service lags far behind Ardis and RAM in geographic coverage areas.

7.   Communications satellites have large coverage areas, and transmissions from airplanes would generally be unobstructed.

8.   He contends the collections often are incomplete in the coverage area.

9.   Increased competition has lowered prices, and coverage areas have improved, reducing the number of cutoffs in mid-conversation that once characterized wireless phone calls.

10.   It is ultimately up to the New Braunfels office to issue warnings for its coverage area, Eblen said.