1.   The independent telecoms regulator, the Autorite de Regulation des Telecommunications, will give the final verdict.

2.   U.S. long-distance carrier MCI has drawn the line at the Rio Grande in an escalating dispute with Mexican telecom regulators.

3.   On this occasion, Singh was acting for the government telecoms market regulator, the Infocomm Development Authority.

4.   There was speculation earlier that a national telecom regulator would influence the conversion.

5.   TOT has about a year to finish its conversion, because a telecom regulator will be established by March next year, seven months earlier than originally planned.

6.   But losses were limited by a rally in British Telecommunications plc after the telecoms regulator issued a set of pricing proposals which were more lenient than the market expected.