One strategy is to provide subscribers with a new phone every two years.

Every operator has the need to establish roaming agreements in order to provide subscribers with the possibility to roam outside their home network.

They are widely used in cable set-top boxes for providing subscribers with medley of interactive services.

Under the new cable regulations, systems will be required to provide subscribers with broadcast and public access channels at a minimal cost.

The company said it would provide subscribers with software that can block any offensive material.

Each phone company provides subscribers with a menu of services tailored to their interests.

"We have provided subscribers with various forms of promotional offerings," such as low or at-cost subscriptions, the company reported.

A similar suit is pending against Compuserve for providing subscribers with hundreds of pieces of music.

The Bulletin provides subscribers with two distinct services.

If the merger were approved, officials said yesterday, they would provide subscribers with technology that would allow them access to both services.