81.   WorldCom, like other telecoms, has been battered by competition and concerns about fiber optic network overcapacity.

82.   Global Crossing, known for building a worldwide fiber optic network, accumulated some eight billion dollars in debt that it must now refinance.

83.   Global Crossing, known for building a worldwide fiber optic network, accumulated some eight billion dollars in debts.

84.   The deployment of fiber optic network connections gives a good indication of the availability of a wide range of advanced data and voice communications services, it noted.

85.   The loan would finance a submarine cable and transmission system for a proposed domestic fiber optic network, a central bank statement said.