The second is the president of an upstart telecommunications company called FiliTel, which is trying to compete against the traditional monopoly.

He has rejected the traditional Communist monopoly of power.

Company executives have argued that the restrictions should be lifted because advances in technology are rapidly eroding the traditional monopolies in local telephone service.

Neither the Government's traditional monopoly on the minting of money, nor the threat of lost revenue from seigniorage, persuade him that the Government should act.

The Bell companies argue that they must be freed, because their traditional monopolies are under increasing attack from cable television operators, long-distance carriers and other competitors.

With deregulation, a more complex environment occurred opposed to the traditional vertically-integrated monopoly that oversees the entire grid's operations.

As part of a five-year transition from the traditional monopolies to a competitive market, New York's utilities are being radically reorganized.

Many of the traditional monopolies applicable in the legal profession are under attack and some are on the point of disappearing.

Yet the traditional male monopoly of senior legal posts is now to be challenged.

Orthodox Jews, who hold a traditional monopoly on religious affairs in Israel, then moved to enshrine their control in legislation.