1.   Aside from the managerial and cultural difficulties created by any huge acquisition, the technological questions involved in one-stop telecom service are not easy to solve.

2.   At the same time, any accord on telecom services may contain provisions to protect specific products and shield industry in developing countries for some years.

3.   Advanced telecom services are also vital to the continued growth of the desktop computer, financial services, electronic publishing, entertainment and other knowledge-driven businesses.

4.   Companies are expected to pass those savings along to consumers, giving customers a cheaper, easier way to get telecom services.

5.   Consumers are likely to have a choice among several large ventures offering complete packages of telecom services.

6.   Investors and consumers of telecom services in the country have few complaints.

7.   It also plans to use Quantum gear as Vectren rolls out similar telecom services in Indianapolis and Dayton, Ohio, next year.

8.   Mr Harrington said the NGBT report would increase the pace of liberalisation in telecom services, which would in turn lead to increased pressure for cost-based pricing.

9.   Ordering telecom services online is the next wave, industry analysts say.

10.   Regional Bells would burst into long-distance, long-distance providers would leap into local service and consumers would reap the benefits of choice in all manner of telecom services.