61.   Because the service will initially only handle outgoing calls, customers would have to retain their existing local phone service to receive incoming calls.

62.   Barr said GTE also might sell part of the MCImetro Inc. unit, which offers local phone service in selected cities around the country, mainly to businesses.

63.   Before it can challenge local phone companies, the Sprint-cable alliance must clear three hurdles.

64.   Bell Atlantic hopes to be the first local phone company to offer long-distance.

65.   Bell Atlantic, like the other local phone companies, continued to increase productivity.

66.   BellSouth was selling local phone service, second phone lines and Call Waiting.

67.   Bell Atlantic and Nynex do not serve the same households, so there will be no immediate effect on competition for the business of local phone customers.

68.   Bell Atlantic Corp. criticized a proposal today by New Jersey regulators aimed at increasing local phone market competition, saying the ruling allows long-distance companies a competitive advantage.

69.   Bell Atlantic provides local phone service in the mid-Atlantic states.

70.   Bell Atlantic provides local phone service to six East Coast states.