1.   Analysts said investors should look for funds with a good mix geographically, between fixed and mobile phone providers, and between incumbent companies and newcomers.

2.   Analysts said investors should look for funds with a good mix geographically, between fixed and mobile phone providers and between incumbent companies and new-comers.

3.   And Texas Utilities also has bought a local phone provider, the Lufkin Conroe Communications Co.

4.   Another was Japanese restrictions on investment from abroad in phone service providers KDD Corp. and semi-public Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp.

5.   As occurred in the U.S., however, phone providers like Deutsche Telekom AG and Telecom Italia SPA are seen dragging their feet to hold onto their dominant advantages.

6.   BellSouth, by far the largest local phone service provider in Florida, said Wednesday that it welcomes the competition from Adelphia and others.

7.   -- Denied a proposal to force the Baby Bells to face broader competition from alternative local phone providers before being able to expand into long-distance business.

8.   Burns thought the antitrust chief was making it too hard for the local phone providers to enter the long-distance market.

9.   Burns said the antitrust chief was making it too hard for the local phone providers to enter the long-distance market.

10.   But competing local phone providers complain the Baby Bells are slow or clumsy about getting customers connected.