11.   Among those conditions, he said, the deal would have to promote, not impede, competition in the local phone business.

12.   Ameritech and other local phone companies say the agency is misinterpreting the law.

13.   Ameritech Corp. -- Chicago-based Ameritech provides local phone services in five Midwestern states.

14.   Ameritech Corp. said it filed a brief with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, arguing the federal agency should let the local phone company offer long-distance services in Michigan.

15.   Ameritech hit a snag in its bid to became the first Bell to get approval to offer long-distance services in its local phone markets.

16.   Ameritech, based in Chicago, is the parent of the local phone company for Wisconsin.

17.   Ameritech is in the thick of a battle for local phone service customers in Chicago.

18.   Among other things, the checklist requires local phone companies to allow customers to switch to rival providers without changing their phone number.

19.   Ameritech Corp. is the regional Bell telephone company that provides local phone service to most Illinois residents.

20.   An advertisement in several newspapers sponsored by a consumer group contended that Nynex has the highest local phone rates in the country.