41.   IPC took a stake last year in Hagenuk, a German telecoms firm.

42.   A judge Friday ordered the appointment of a corporate monitor to oversee operations at embattled telecom firm WorldCom in the wake of allegations of massive accounting fraud.

43.   Asian telecoms firms will outperform their global competitors due to their competitive prices and sound investments, global investment bank Lehman Brothers said Friday.

44.   The negative mood stemmed largely from the weak quarterly reports and prospects of big global telecom firms such as Ericsson and Lucent.

45.   There are currently five telecoms firms in the country.

46.   The state-run telecoms firm offers domestic telephone service in the Indian capital New Delhi and the western city of Bombay.

47.   The telecoms firm is to appoint a chief executive officer, who will be responsible for implementing strategy and the day-to-day operation of the firm, later this year.

48.   There are three private fixed-line telecoms firms in Taiwan -- New Century InfoComm Tech Co., Taiwan Fixed NetwOAkJTelecom and Eastern Broadband Telecom.

49.   They are not the only telecoms firms facing financial difficulties.

50.   US telecoms firms in April were hostile to an agreement that is destined to tear down high-charging telecoms monopolies.