1.   Overall, the cost of owning a handy phone is less than half as much as owning a cellular phone.

2.   Some people are so attached to their handy wireless phones that they are tossing the desk phone entirely in favor of cell phones.

3.   Personal handy phones are hand-held mobile telephones, which use a system of small base stations to achieve cellular-style communications at much lower prices.

4.   New measures include deregulation of cellular and personal handy phone rates, and liberalization of connections between major carriers and minor ones in both international and domestic services.

5.   The rise in October was due to higher production of small passenger cars, parts for personal handy phone systems and personal computers, the official said.

6.   Japan Telecom, which plans to enter the Japanese personal handy phone market, was set up almost eight years ago.