41.   Although Caller ID equipment can be bought at electronics stores and other retailers, most customers buy through referrals from the local phone company.

42.   Ameritech goes to that market armed with some of the best video and multimedia capabilities among any of the seven regional Bell phone companies.

43.   Ameritech Inc. has bought big chunks of the Belgian and Danish phone companies, which are themselves going after customers in neighboring countries.

44.   Among its provisions, the regulation allows customers to keep their telephone numbers if they switch phone companies.

45.   Among its top holdings are Voicestream Wireless, a cellular phone provider, and Qwest Communications, a phone company that is building a global fiber optic network.

46.   Although the charges come from the phone company, aggrieved consumers also can turn to their Internet provider.

47.   Among stocks leading the declines were gas distributor Petronas Gas Bhd., Tenaga Nasional Bhd. and Telekom Malaysia Bhd., the largest phone company.

48.   Among the regional phone companies, BellSouth was the only one taking the wireless entertainment route.

49.   America Online has already announced several deals with phone companies to offer its own high-speed access in some regions.

50.   Ameritech and other local phone companies say the agency is misinterpreting the law.