81.   For that reason, speculation Tuesday began to move away from the belief that other companies will bid for Lotus.

82.   Fourteen companies had bid to restructure Sri Lanka Telecom, which holds a monopoly on all forms of telecommunications except cellular telephones.

83.   Google competes with Overture, which uses technology that lets companies bid against each other to be ranked first among search results.

84.   He said the company will also bid for a casino license in Wellington in New Zealand and several in South Africa.

85.   In the United States, companies must bid competitively for standing timber and regard the Canadian system an unfair trading edge because they say the fees are below market.

86.   Instead, companies would bid for import licenses, the news agency NTB reported.

87.   In the United States, companies must bid competitively for standing timber, and regard the Canadian system an unfair trading edge because the fees are below market.

88.   Kelman said the goal was to make it easier for more companies to bid on government work because many are either unwilling or unable to provide required financial information.

89.   Other companies can bid to supply equipment for the upgrade but companies associated with Korea Telecom and the Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Corp. will get priority, Park said.

90.   Some analysts had predicted that U.S. companies would bid more conservatively after watching their European counterparts spend staggering sums on licenses there.