11.   A Sprint MCI merger also might face regulatory resistance based on the resulting concentration in long-distance markets and in the ownership of wireless cable spectrum across the country.

12.   Access to telecourses is through satellite, cable television, public television and wireless cable.

13.   Broadcast of wireless cable can be picked up in a home using a dish about the size of a laptop computer.

14.   But an expansion into wireless cable is less dependent on passage of the telecommunications reform bill before Congress.

15.   But because wireless cable does not have interactive capabilities, Tele-TV in many ways is a plain, old cable system.

16.   But both the other Baby Bells also are investing in wireless cable companies.

17.   But the companies became disenchanted with the technology when it became apparent that hills and buildings can block wireless cable signals.

18.   By being able to bid for additional spectrum, wireless cable executives said yesterday, they could increase their number of channel offerings.

19.   Called wireless cable by the industry, MMDS is a subscription service similar to cable TV that is offered over the air.

20.   Complicating matters further, Pacific Telesis has invested more heavily in wireless cable than its East Coast counterparts.