1.   According to industry officials, a new breed of digital phone transmits in computer code that is much more difficult to intercept.

2.   The system transmits information over digital phone lines.

3.   Among gainers, phone companies rose on optimism increasing growth in the economy will boost demand for cellular phones and digital phone lines, analysts said.

4.   And all experts acknowledge that digital phones continue to pose a much harder target for eavesdroppers and hackers than the older analog phones in widespread use.

5.   And each home is linked on a fiber-optic network that provides data services, digital television and digital phone service.

6.   Analog phones offer American consumers a low-cost way to try out wireless phone service without the big investment for a digital phone.

7.   And digital phones, which are rapidly replacing older analog models, use even less.

8.   And that tiny digital phone in my pocket has come a long way.

9.   Any Virtual World site can be linked up, by digital phone lines, to another, allowing for players in different locations to compete.

10.   As a result, many digital phone owners cannot use their phones freely outside their home service areas.