51.   Another Motorola study found that Chinese businessmen working in rural areas with no telephone service had developed an elaborate system of using pagers to send coded messages.

52.   Antec Corp. and ATT Broadband are betting that consumers will want to buy telephone service from the same company that provides cable TV.

53.   As European telecommunications markets open fully next year, cable networks are seen as an alternative way to deliver telephone service.

54.   Armstrong could have stuck to his plan, to buy cable and bundle it with wireless and long distance and eventually roll out a local telephone service.

55.   As MCI discussed its investment plans at the meeting, the focus was not on household telephone service but on Internet and overseas expansion.

56.   As in a major electricity blackout or the disruption of telephone service, users suddenly realized how much they had taken technology for granted.

57.   As in an earthquake, regular telephone service out of Las Vegas yesterday was spotty and operators said circuits were jammed.

58.   As a result, TCI has pulled back on ambitious plans to promote cable modems and telephone service outside a few test areas, including Fremont.

59.   As the strike drags on, Verizon has attempted to deal with a growing number of requests for telephone service, for repair of existing service and vandalism.

60.   As the Russian economy emerges from operating under a Communist regime, basic services such as telephone service are vastly underdeveloped.