Watch 800 companies stuff themselves into one phone booth; in the long-distance market, lean and mean just gets the door open
Article Abstract:
The long distance telephone market is made up of more than 800 companies, all attempting to offer the same services at the lowest price. Advanced data communications services are in large demand as a result of the Internet's popularity. However, the biggest money maker for long distance companies is interstate phone calls. The long-distance companies are petitioning to enter the local-phone market as well. To do so, they will have to sustain finical losses, as the residential market is highly subsidized by the government. The long-distance companies will have to enter the local market in order to retain their core business. Communications companies in the future will find that they have to loss a certain share of their customer base as they expand into other areas.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1997
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AT&T conjures up its vision for cable, but can it deliver?
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AT&T's acquisition of Mediaone Group has put the company in a position to be at the forefront of telecommunications, but chairman Michael C. Armstrong's vision of the future is much grander than AT&T has the technical know-how to accomplish anywhere in the immediate future. Armstrong's vision is to utilize cable to transmit data for telephone lines as well as the Internet. However, AT&T has gone to Microsoft Corp. for technical help, in converting cable broadcast equipment which basically transmits information from the station to the viewer in a one-way mode, to utilize cable lines for telephone and Internet usage, they would have to converted to convey information in a two-way mode which will be technologically challenging as well as expensive.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1999
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