1.   And like many companies before them, various telecom carriers and wireless vendors assumed that cool technology would prompt heavy demand.

2.   Huge bankruptcies like those of the energy trader Enron and the telecom carrier Global Crossing have sharpened the atmosphere further.

3.   Like other major telecom carriers, SBC wants to provide customers a full range of phone, Internet and video services on one monthly bill.

4.   Not long ago, WorldCom was the darling of Wall Street, a large, yet aggressive telecom carrier with a vision of global service.

5.   Sagawa admits that telecom carriers spent way more than they thought they would on equipment this year, which is one reason for their current predicament.

6.   The latter category includes dotcoms and upstart telecom carriers.

7.   The Kobe telecom talks ultimately foundered on the unwillingness of Quad members to abolish all protection of their telecom carriers.

8.   Their customers, the telecom carriers, are cutting back on orders.

9.   A restriction on foreign government ownership of U.S. telecom carriers already exists in communications law.

10.   A government council recommended Thursday that Japanese telecoms carriers be required to let competitors use their proprietary networks and that they fully disclose the fees for doing so.