Of those, 17.5 percent were served by competitive carriers (not the dominant local telephone companies).

Sprint's cellular and local telephone companies were healthy, he said.

And promise that you'll call frequently once you have acquired a local mobile telephone no.

The bill should eventually give most people alternatives to the current local telephone and cable television monopolies.

That is because it is simply too expensive for any single company to replicate the nation's local telephone network.

An important goal is to open local telephone and cable television service, both traditionally monopolies, to new competition.

The $100 billion local telephone business offers much higher profit margins than those in long distance.

Now, the company hopes to sell extra services to people who buy broadband service from their local telephone or cable companies.

A key goal for many is to allow local telephone and cable television companies to compete in each other's markets.

Alternatively you can just look up agencies in the local telephone or online business directories.