Lucent thinks it no longer should be compared merely with its industry rivals.

The dispute, though, has produced strange bedfellows among the industry rivals.

Due to that the two labels have been industry rivals.

Previous attempts to resolve the case through settlement talks have met with stiff resistance from the states, industry rivals and consumer groups.

Its actions brought complaints not only from industry rivals, but also privacy and consumer advocates as well as some government officials.

As a result, Vodafone has little debt on its books relative to both the company's size and the debt loads of industry rivals.

The scale of the antitrust case, including the extent of consultation with industry rivals, was extraordinary, government officials acknowledge.

It also gives the search giant access to a range of technology patents which it can use to defend against legal action by its industry rivals.

Unlike industry rivals such as Guinness, Highland has only a relatively small export business - about a third of its sales.

But when industry rivals began entering the field in the late 1950s, a modern replacement became imperative.