Stony Brook is the second-largest provider of Medicaid services in the county.

In response, Farmers, the second-largest provider of home insurance in Texas, threatened to stop renewing policies this month.

The average account at Hewitt Associates, the nation's second-largest 401(k) provider, which caters to Fortune 500 companies, has almost 30 percent in company stock.

It is the second-largest provider of fixed phone lines in Germany after Deutsche Telekom.

U.S. Cellular, based in Chicago, is the second-largest regional provider, with 4.8 million subscribers in 26 states.

Scientific-Atlanta, the second-largest provider of these set-top boxes, and Motorola, the largest, have effectively held a duopoly in this market.

Cingular, the nation's second-largest provider of wireless telephone services, plans to spend about $20 million on the extensive effort.

Scientific-Atlanta is the second-largest provider of these television set-top boxes, trailing Motorola.

Germany is at present, after the United States, the second-largest provider of troops for international missions.

That makes it the second-largest provider of multichannel home video after Comcast, which has 21 million subscribers.