gst Telecommunications Inc., Vancouver, WA, has launched local telephone service throughout

gst Telecommunications Inc., Vancouver, WA, has launched local telephone service throughout Northern California`s East Bay market and Spokane, WA. gst has also turned up service on its 150-mi San Francisco East Bay network. Services available in the Northern California and Spokane markets include "plain old telephone service" (pots), Centrex, Integrated Services Digital Network, class, pots local switched services, and long-distance service. gst expects to complete its 500-mi California long-haul network in early 1998. The company`s strategy is to cluster its competitive local exchange carrier networks and link them with long-haul fiber-optic-cable backbones.