61.  Most countries agree in principle that the rates charged to complete international calls need to be brought down closer to actual costs.

62.  Most of the eight long-distance telephone companies raised rates in January, in some cases almost doubling the cost of international calls, analysts said.

63.  Nothing unusual about an international call for him.

64.  Other telecommunications companies that had hoped to finance costly land line installations with revenue from international calls also fell.

65.  Phone service based on cheap, unregulated Internet connections threatens established long distance companies that charge high prices for international calls.

66.  PLDT gets half of its revenue from international calls that have rates set in dollars.

67.  PLDT derives more than half its income from international calls.

68.  PLDT gets half its revenue from international calls that have rates set in dollars.

69.  PLDT said the strike has begun to affect its service, causing some delay in connecting operator-assisted long distance and international calls.

70.  PLDT, a former monopoly, now faces at least eight companies in the lucrative market for international calls.