1.   This was fine until the wind direction changed slightly and came across the fixed line.

2.   As long as calls are made within a local zone, like a headquarters or financial district, they are charged at rates comparable with fixed line charges.

3.   Cellular operations are important because they provide higher revenue than traditional fixed line services.

4.   Hong Kong Telecom is hoping the new service can help offset losses in revenues caused by the end of its monopoly on fixed line phone services two years ago.

5.   In the United States, there is no way to distinguish between a mobile phone number and a fixed line number.

6.   It makes and sells telecommunications hardware in Brazil, including transmission equipment, telephone exchanges and phone sets, both for fixed lines and cellular.

7.   Kosovo, unlike Cyprus and Bosnia, has no fixed lines dividing the antagonists.

8.   Singapore Telecommunications Ltd., or SingTel, is the only operator of fixed lines in Singapore.

9.   The Communications Ministry has said it plans to split Telebras into three fixed line companies, nine mobile operators and one long distance carrier for sale.

10.   The Internet and data transmission may prolong the life of fixed lines.