Again, Apple had achieved massive success with its cellular product line.

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Verizon, a local fixed-line and cellular carrier that serves both Washington and New York, among other cities, said calls to the area doubled from their normal peak volumes of 115 million in New York and 35 million in Washington in the wake of the incidents.

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It would draw a clearer battle line between traditional cellular networks and Internet companies.

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Compare Thai cellular companies to Thai fixed-line operators, or TRI to Telekom Malaysia.

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How do cellular stocks compare with fixed-line phone company stocks in Asia?

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While manufacturers of fixed-line phones were trying to come to grips with cellular technology, Nokia and Ericsson came out of almost nowhere to become, within a decade, globe-straddling corporations.

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Fixed cellular and wireless-loop technologies are enabling cellular companies to effectively encroach upon the territory that was once the exclusive domain of fixed-line operators.

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