In the past two months, BayanTel had installed 55, 000 lines, surpassing former No. 2 Digitel.

CNN: BUSY SIGNALS

It has fewer phones than BayanTel, so Digitel is not meeting much difficulty interconnecting with PLDT.

CNN: BUSY SIGNALS

But all are unlikely to hit their first-year target -- except Digitel and, of course, BayanTel.

CNN: BUSY SIGNALS

General Communication said the alleged misuse occurred before the company took day-to-day control of Alaska DigiTel.

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"Investors were burned when Digitel was listed, " says Conrad Andres, vice-president for research of DBP Daiwa Securities.

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Digitel has installed 300, 000 lines in Luzon island (except Metro Manila, which is outside its franchise area) and plans 800, 000 more by 2000.

CNN: DAD AND ME