21.   As landmark talks aimed at opening world telecoms markets to competition entered their final days Saturday, the odds were even on a successful outcome.

22.   BT has struggled since Vodafone Group PLC and other mobile phone operators grabbed large chunks of the British telecoms market.

23.   Fast-growing telecom markets in South East Asia such as Indonesia and Malaysia are essential to any deal but have yet to put in market-opening offers.

24.   Facing pressure from price cuts in the German telecom market, British Telecom said Wednesday it will cut costs to stay competitive, a newspaper reported.

25.   Even heavy industrial companies are joining the German telecoms market.

26.   Full liberalization of the telecom market continued to hurt SingTel as local fixed line services were sluggish.

27.   Hong Kong should help promote electronic commerce in the region and open up its local telecoms market.

28.   In particular, the United States wants to be able to reject license applications from countries whose telecom markets are considered too closed.

29.   In particular, the United States wants to reject license applications from countries whose telecom markets are considered too closed.

30.   In the long term they will also benefit from freeing their telecoms markets by making their telecommunications more efficient and cheaper for business.