21.   But the Baby Bells feared the Senate would backtrack and keep them out of long-distance phone markets for years to come.

22.   But the deal would also help redesign the landscape of the European telephone business by affording Mannesmann a gateway to the southern European phone market.

23.   But the company reiterated that it wants to enter the long-distance phone market in return.

24.   But until they open their markets to local competition, federal regulators have banned them from selling long-distance inside their respective phone markets.

25.   By combining, Bell Atlantic and Nynex will single-handedly eliminate their biggest potential competitor in the local phone market, analysts said.

26.   By combining, Bell Atlantic and Nynex, former rivals in the local phone market, will single-handedly eliminate their biggest potential competitor, analysts said.

27.   By combining, the companies will single-handedly eliminate their biggest potential competitor in the local phone market, analysts said.

28.   California is among the first states to open its local phone market to competition.

29.   By combining, Bell Atlantic and Nynex, rivals in the local phone market, will single-handedly eliminate their biggest potential competitor, analysts said.

30.   Cablevision also has plans to enter the local phone market.