11.   The European Commission is expected tomorrow to block a new joint venture that aims to broadcast television and data via satellite and cable throughout the Nordic region.

12.   The terminals, called Vsats, are the heart of a closed telecommunication network in which the users, typically businesses, transmit data via satellite.

13.   Then, they transmit their data via satellite to researchers.

14.   This is different than the early days of personal computer viruses, when most were transmitted by users who shared programs and data via floppy disk.

15.   WebMD, founded in Atlanta by Arnold as a company sending medical data via fax, merged in November with Healtheon, founded by entrepreneur Jim Clark.

16.   A person in Denver or Buenos Aires or Toronto connecting to a Web site in Paris, Cairo or Berlin would probably transmit data via New York.

17.   Telephone lines For most of us, we transmit and receive data via our regular telephone lines, getting connected to the Internet, for instance.

18.   The purchase gave Boeing crucial technology for transferring vast amounts of data via satellite.

19.   The spokesman said pricing has yet to be set for the devices, which can transmit digital data via cellular phones or personal handyphone systems.

20.   They use a video camera to take pictures and a small dish antenna beams the data via satellite to an earth station linked to their home office.