31.   In addition, Qwest also installs fiber optic networks for other telecommunications companies, the SEC filing said.

32.   In June, the first local carrier, Teleport Communications Group, announced plans to introduce the technology into its fiber networks in New York and New Jersey.

33.   It is the economics of fiber optic networks that has produced the flat-rate pricing now becoming familiar to long-distance customers.

34.   It plans to spin off its British fiber optic network in February.

35.   It operates fiber optic networks in Frankfurt, London and Paris and is building them in numerous other cities.

36.   It owns or leases positions in fiber optic cable networks and also uses satellites to augment the fiber network.

37.   Last week, MCI began laying a fiber optic network and other phone giants are expected to follow suit.

38.   Many competitive local communications providers spend millions of dollars tearing up streets to create new fiber optic networks.

39.   Meanwhile, U.S. companies like WorldCom are building fiber optic networks across Germany and the rest of Europe.

40.   Metronet is building broad-band fiber optic networks for high-speed communications in major Canadian cities.