11.   --Last year, Bell Atlantic and Nynex combined their U.S. cellular businesses, now known as Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile.

12.   Largely in response, Bell Atlantic Corp. has merged its cellular business with that of Nynex Corp.

13.   More significant, SBC has built up its cellular business faster than any other Bell company.

14.   Motorola also has struggled with increased competition and lower prices in the cellular business.

15.   Motorola also warned of more difficult quarters ahead and said cellular business may be hurt by a slowing European economy.

16.   Rapidly growing cellular demand lately has dazzled Sprint, which in recent years has claimed the fastest growing cellular business.

17.   SBC operates the reputable Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems cellular business.

18.   Some analysts worry that the spin-off has weakened PacTel because it has to maintain a high dividend payout and build a cellular business from scratch.

19.   Sprint Corp. said it might spin off its cellular telephone operations to comply with federal limits on the number of cellular businesses a company can own.

20.   The cellular business is hotter than hot.