51.   In drafting the bill, Congress assumed that the local phone market could be opened up like the long-distance market was two decades ago.

52.   In its wireless business, Motorola has stopped a decline in market shares in the fast-growing digital phone market.

53.   In many countries, governments have decided to sell off shares of their phone networks to investors while opening phone markets to competition that will lower prices.

54.   In rejecting the plan, the Justice Department outlined the criteria it will use to gauge whether a local phone market meets the requirements under the telecommunications law.

55.   In the meantime, Comsat hopes its early entrance gives it an advantage in the budding satellite phone market.

56.   In rejecting the plan, the Justice Department outlined the criteria it will use to decide whether a local phone market satisfies the telecommunications law.

57.   In two or three years, they could dominate phone markets and make a strong play for Internet delivery.

58.   Indeed, the decision gives regional Bells more control over how fast, and at what price, long-distance companies can enter the local phone market.

59.   Indeed, an investment banker said Pacific Telesis had expressed interest in merging with GTE because the two companies both controlled lucrative local phone markets in California.

60.   Instead, the McLean, Va.-based company is simply attacking the wireless phone market from a different direction than the rest of the competition.