41.   Some operators threatened at one point to go elsewhere for directory services and effectively split off into an alternative Internet.

42.   Switchboard, which is based in Westboro, Mass., operates Switchboard.com, a popular online directory service.

43.   Sonera Info Communications provides directory services for mobile and fixed-line telecommunications network operators.

44.   The company will also offer a Web directory service that will rank Web sites by the number of Third Voice comments.

45.   A user would be able to access a directory service, click on a name and the call will automatically be put through.

46.   Yahoo is a California company providing Internet directory services.

47.   Softbank has a capital stake in Yahoo Inc., a rapidly-growing California company providing Internet directory services.