21.   In many cases, the most outspoken opponents of government policy are chatroom monitors or network operators themselves.

22.   In China, foreign companies must limit their involvement even further, by owning stakes in joint ventures that provide services to locally owned network operators.

23.   Linux is a free, open-source operating system gaining popularity among corporate network operators.

24.   Network operators and users who might want to switch formats would need new laptop cards and new base stations.

25.   Network operators failed to win the blanket immunity they had sought.

26.   Offsetting the decliners were retailers such as Makro Plc and most phone network operators, which rose on expectations spending on basic goods will continue to expand.

27.   Peter Barnes, president of the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association, which includes network operators and equipment makers, said his members would oppose any efforts to introduce jamming.

28.   Regiokom is a privately-owned network operator specializing in the same services.

29.   So if consumer appetite for cyberspace disappoints network operators, will advertisers fill the void and pay for multibillion-dollar spending projects?

30.   TelecomAsia is the largest standard-line phone network operator.