Long-distance communications are rough even in the best of circumstances.

The alignment of forces in the long-distance communications market is changing.

It was too important to trust to long-distance communications.

Founded in 1992, Ciena raised $40 million to develop its technology for the long-distance communications business.

The company found that satellite messaging could cut 60 percent from its $5 million bill for long-distance communications with drivers.

A new era in long-distance communications had begun.

Most long-distance communications today are sent as pulses of light along glass-fiber cables.

And long-distance communications are not eligible for reciprocal compensation.

As prices continue to fall in the long-distance communications market, AT&T is shrinking.

It was the type of unit an infantry squadron used for reli-able long-distance communications.

They also witnessed the Laagi equivalent of long-distance communications.

We appropriated one of their machines and have been monitoring their long-distance communications.

These included a device, consisting of only one neuron, that is used to balance frequencies in long-distance communications lines.

WorldCom is particularly exposed to these various trends because it is the last pure long-distance communications company of significant size.

"Obviously, I won't be assigning you to combat duty, since your skill lies in long-distance communications.

The Telecommunications Act of 1996 was meant to unleash broad competitive forces in local and long-distance communications markets.

Last week, the company could not sell long-distance communications services to the 6.6 million households it serves in New York State.

A high-gain S-band antenna was used for long-distance communications on the lunar flights.

A.T.&T. introduced its guarantee programs, company officials said, as a way of defending the company's leadership position in long-distance communications.

The United States also restricts foreign investment in its shipping, airline, radio, television and long-distance communications industries.

For WorldCom, the nation's No. 2 long-distance communications provider, 2002 has already been a year to forget.

Most astonishing of all, however, is the total lack of any form of long-distance communications network or transportation system."

The whole purpose was long-distance communications."

Those without access to international HF frequencies often gain their first taste of true long-distance communications on the 6-meter band.

Changing radio propagation for long-distance communications due to the 11-year sunspot cycle is a factor at these frequencies.