1.   Besides Iridium, at least three other global satellite consortia, as well as several regional operators, aim to serve the same market as Globalstar.

2.   Brazil will sell licenses to operate fixed-line operations in competition with the three regional operators to be created out of what is now the Telebras system.

3.   For example, his original truck-leasing business was a midsize regional operator in Pennsylvania.

4.   Gold Banc is a relatively new company that has been growing into a regional operator through acquisitions.

5.   Professional Sports Care Management, for example, is a regional operator of physical therapy clinics.

6.   St. Charles-based Teltrend makes telecommunications equipment for regional Bell operators and local affiliates.

7.   The biggest decliner was Nynex Corp., the regional Bell operator.

8.   They were largely run by small regional operators with little ownership stake and big conflicts of interest.

9.   Before ICANN took over, the regional operators got the services free from the U.S. government.

10.   NTT, the domestic telecommunications giant, will be allowed to offer international services only after completion of its planned split into two regional operators and one long-distance carrier.