41.   PacTel recently slowed construction of its fiber-optic network in the state and accelerated plans to offer wireless cable in much of Southern California.

42.   PacTel said last month it would use wireless cable to deliver video programming in some parts of Southern California until it can complete a fiber-optic cable network.

43.   Regulators charged the companies with selling worthless shares in partnerships that purported to own and develop lucrative wireless cable, cellular phone and other high-tech franchises.

44.   Residents of smaller cities and towns can get wireless cable services transmitted via satellites.

45.   Satellite companies could potentially buy up licenses to create a combination satellite-terrestrial service, with the broadband and local channels being served by wireless cable.

46.   SBC, by contrast, has been far more tentative about television, spending less to upgrade its network and eschewing wireless cable.

47.   Shares of other wireless cable companies, including Heartland Wireless Communications Inc., climbed along with CAI Wireless, although they all fell back Wednesday on profit-taking.

48.   Several major telephone companies, including Bell Atlantic and Nynex, have suspended their wireless cable plans due to technical problems.

49.   Sprint and MCI WorldCom also complement each other in their ownership of wireless cable assets.

50.   Subotnick said the film studios provide Metromedia with a ready source of programming for its wireless cable systems.