31.   Regional carriers, limited to short hops, are buying jets.

32.   RCN, based in Princeton, N.J., is the biggest company competing against the regional Bell carriers in local telephone markets for residential customers rather than corporate clients.

33.   Regional carriers also are shifting away from turbo-prop planes to jets.

34.   Regional carriers have been gaining market share because they can provide faster, cheaper transportation service.

35.   Scribbling on a cocktail napkin, King proposed a regional carrier that would shuttle passengers between Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio.

36.   Sprint PCS, which has been advertising its new digital service in cities, is also negotiating with regional carriers to franchise its brand.

37.   Still, Xia Zhanming, a manager in the development department at regional carrier Shanghai Airlines, said he believes authorities becoming more liberal.

38.   Such a failure could cause the airline company to abandon its expansion plans and shrink to a regional carrier.

39.   Telcordia, which used to be controlled by regional Bell carriers and was known as Bellcore, provides network software and consulting services.

40.   The airline is acquiring a regional carrier, Reno Air, with a rival union, lower pay scales, and different work rules.