91.   The contract will permit Sprint to transform its telephone network into a new system that permits multiple phone calls and Internet connections to share the same telephone line.

92.   The company also owns most local telephone networks, meaning it will continue handling most local calls and charge its rivals to complete their national and international calls.

93.   The explosion of Internet traffic is congesting the public telephone network, according to industry experts, though not at the alarming rates suggested by some Bell company executives.

94.   The deal announced Tuesday underscores the growing compatibility of telephone networks and computer systems based on Internet standards.

95.   The Government Accounting Office, the investigative arm of Congress, recently reported that it could not the cost of overhauling telephone networks to include the capacity for wiretaps.

96.   The improved telephone network has also erased the advantage of other countries that offer back-office services, notably Ireland.

97.   The investment required to create a new residential local telephone network is huge, and so far no company has dared make it.

98.   The ITU, an agency of the United Nations, has organized a new development fund called Worldtel that aims to help poor countries build rudimentary telephone networks.

99.   The old telephone network was knocked out, isolating the city from the rest of the world.