11.   MobileOne Asia Ltd. became the second cellular operator in April.

12.   Similarly, Smart Communications, a Philippine cellular operator, learned that vegetable farmers who had never had phone lines were using mobile phones to market produce in Manila.

13.   Star is one of a number of foreign companies that have provided equipment financing, consulting, and network construction assistance to cellular operators in China.

14.   Still, Conrad acknowledged that the entrenched cellular operators in New York were facing an onslaught that would require aggressive countermeasures.

15.   Telecom Italia SpA was forced to cut the rates it charged the new cellular operator Omnitel-Pronto Italia to pass calls through its phone network.

16.   Swedish cellular operator Europolitan, a unit of NordicTel Holding AB, last year introduced a service that enables mobile phone users to be alerted of incoming e-mail.

17.   The Philippines, for example, required cellular operators to extend their digital service to every major population center.

18.   The same is true for BellSouth, based in Atlanta, and for GTE Corp., the fourth-largest cellular operator in the United States.

19.   They said it is more likely that cellular operators will offer travel guides, financial news and other information using the graphical format of the World Wide Web.

20.   U.S. cellular operators are offering an array of mobile Internet options, though the offerings are based on a hodgepodge of technologies.