Shakeout for mobile phones

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Australia-based PA Consulting Group predicts a minimal growth in telecommunications service subscribers in Asia following the financial turmoil that has afflicted most countries in the region. The management and technology consulting group has cut its previous estimate of 2.5 million subscribers in 1997 to only about 2.2 million, or just a 29% increase from the figure in 1996. The company advises mobile-phone service providers in Asia to find ways to reduce their operating costs and increase efficiency.

Radio & TV communications equipment, Business & Mgmt Consulting, Cellular telephone services industry, Cellular telephone services, Market share, PA Consulting Group Inc.

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Samsung is aiming to be among cellular's top three after Olympics

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Samsung Electronics of South Korea will spend as much as $200 million for a worldwide marketing program that is tied to the Sydney 2000 Olympic games. The campaign, which will cover about 40 nations, will include a promotional campaign that is built around the 'Samsung Digital: Everyone's Invited' slogan. In addition, the company will make 25,000 units of pagers, two-way radio systems and cellular phones available to athletes, media personnel and game organizers.

South Korea, Marketing procedures, Consumer Electronics, Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing, Marketing, 2000 AD, Electronics industry, Samsung Electronics Company Ltd., Cellular telephone equipment industry, Olympics

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Mergers and acquisitions entail human costs, study shows; pitfalls include charges tied to staff turnover, with poor communication as culprit

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A study by Hewitt Associates LLC showed that foreign companies in the Asia-Pacific region that participated in a merger, acquisition or joint venture incurred several unanticipated costs during these transactions. These include staff turnover costs due to the failure of management to communicate with employees and costs resulting from the underestimation of the time it took for a transaction to be completed.

Acquisitions & mergers, Joint ventures, Asia, Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services, Research, Acquisitions and mergers, Business consultants, Management consultants, Management consulting services, Hewitt Associates L.L.C.

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