The reforms include an end to several major monopolies controlled by the president's powerful family and friends, an end to expensive but socially crucial fuel subsidies, cancellation of some building projects and a tightening of the country's budget targets.

There they have operated, partly under genuine competition and partly as a monopoly controlled by a regulator.

Ever since World War II, San Diego has chafed at being almost completely dependent for fresh water on a regional monopoly largely controlled by its nemesis, Los Angeles.

Fixed-line telephone service is a monopoly controlled by Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT).

Housing, it seems, has now become an unregulated monopoly, controlled by development interests who have artificially raised the rents and prices of apartments and homes far beyond the reach of the average family.

The district heating systems are mainly monopolies controlled by local politicians or private companies.

President Suharto refuses to break up the multibillion-dollar monopolies controlled by himself, family and friends.

He would apparently rely on a system of monopolies controlled or sponsored by government to make choices for people.

For too long now, national monopolies controlled by governments have prevented new entrants from offering gaming services in Europe.

Rising competition in Singapore's deregulated telecommunications industry contributed to a 5.3 percent decline in the fiscal-year profits of Singapore Telecommunications Ltd., the former monopoly still controlled by the government.