1.   Sprint officials and analysts said consumers may not pay less than if they purchased all the services individually.

2.   Sprint officials have said they intend to remain a large employer here and continue their corporate citizenship.

3.   Sprint officials say the company simply had lost its early lead in developing the technology and plans to buy packet switches from vendors instead of developing its own.

4.   Sprint officials were not immediately available to comment on the plan.

5.   Sprint officials did not comment on the resignation except to release a short statement attributed to Don Hallacy, the recently appointed president of technology services.

6.   Sprint officials said she was a better candidate than Couch.

7.   Sprint officials would say little about their strategy.

8.   Sprint officials and one of their health consultants from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology insisted that their system is entirely safe.

9.   Sprint officials declined to comment Monday on the report.

10.   Sprint officials had no comment.