51.   And BellSouth Corp., the Atlanta-based regional Bell telephone company, has decided it will bid on only two licenses.

52.   And other bold moves may be in the offing, including an alliance with a major overseas telephone company.

53.   And it has signed deals with telephone companies, like British Telecom, to begin trials next year.

54.   And later this year, the biggest prize yet, the state-owned telephone company, will go on the block.

55.   And Ms. Secrest of Ameritech said that company had talked with other regional Bell telephone companies about combining cellular operations.

56.   And no one local telephone company is responsible.

57.   And some institutions, such as Stanford University, refuse to disclose the difference between what it charges students and the amount it pays the telephone companies.

58.   And last month two other regional Bell telephone companies, Nynex Corp. and Bell Atlantic Corp., said they would combine their wireless operations.

59.   And Switzerland, Austria, France and other European governments are likely to come to market with their state telephone companies.

60.   And telephone companies charge customers more per minute for overseas calls than for domestic long-distance calls.