21.   Russian officials have long spoken about the need to upgrade the shrinking communications satellite network, warning that foreign operators may claim orbital positions that Russia failed to fill.

22.   The foreign operators will, however, have to meet a government condition for them to take in local joint venture partners.

23.   The Fort Worth couple and three foreign Web site operators were indicted in April after an investigation by the FBI, Postal Service and Customs Service.

24.   The last set of talks failed in April after the United States said the offers from these key countries did not allow enough market access to foreign operators.

25.   The new U.S. offer allows foreign operators to land subsea cables on American shores.

26.   The United States Wednesday submitted a new offer to open its telephone, fax and other telecommunications markets to foreign operators.

27.   The United States on Wednesday submitted a new offer to open its telephone, fax and other telecommunications markets to foreign operators.

28.   While some are looking to see how companies, and especially the multinationals, will respond to the crisis, others will examine how foreign operators will respond.

29.   However the previous rate apparently still remains in place for some Iranian and foreign operators, notably airline companies.

30.   While S and P denied the rumors, they led to substantial selling, especially by foreign operators, of blue chips and telephone stocks.