71.   Bell Atlantic already provides wireless service in Connecticut, and is the local phone company for two towns near the New York border.

72.   Bell Atlantic and Nynex, as a condition for FCC approval, promised to meet conditions aimed at easing concerns the combination could thwart local phone competition.

73.   Bell Atlantic Corp. -- Philadelphia-based Bell Atlantic provides local phone services in the Middle Atlantic states.

74.   Bell Atlantic is awaiting regulatory approval to complete its acquisition of Nynex Corp., the New York-based local phone company.

75.   Bell Atlantic, like other local phone companies, is profiting from that strong demand, analysts said.

76.   BellSouth Corp., SBC Communications Inc., the merging Bell Atlantic Corp. and Nynex Corp. and other local phone companies want access charges reduced gradually.

77.   BellSouth Corp. announced record revenue and earnings Tuesday, citing the quarterly results as a clear sign the company is shifting away from dependence on traditional local phone service.

78.   BellSouth Corp. said it will reorganize its local phone operations to establish a division to provide services to new competitors, a move to appease regulators.

79.   BellSouth is the dominant local phone company from the Carolinas to Florida to Louisiana.

80.   BellSouth, by far the largest local phone service provider in Florida, said Wednesday that it welcomes the competition from Adelphia and others.