1.   Although the industry is rapidly introducing advanced digital communication technologies, the telephone network continues to be dependent on analog transmission.

2.   The maker of switching products used in telephone networks said its fourth-quarter earnings will fall below estimates.

3.   The telephone network around Washington and Baltimore collapses.

4.   This model is unlike the telephone networks, where payment settlement is a critical part.

5.   Upgrading the telephone networks to do the same might cost even more.

6.   A GROUP telephone network set up in North America is being widened to link sites at opposite ends of the earth.

7.   Ameritech said last week that it would build traditional coaxial cable networks in its region rather than upgrade its telephone network for video services.

8.   And so, the FCC said, either way the carrier should have to pay into the national cost-sharing pools that help support local telephone networks.

9.   And they diverted billions of voice calls from the long-distance telephone networks, freeing up vital network capacity.

10.   As the telephone network becomes increasingly computerized, more and more services are possible.