• telecommunications services
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Hybrid fibre-coaxial Description
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The fiber optic network extends from the
cable operators' master headend,
sometimes to regional headends, and out
to a neighborhood's hubsite, and finally
to a coaxial cable node which serves
anywhere from 25 to 2000 homes. A
master headend will usually have
satellite dishes for reception of distant
video signals as well as IP aggregation
routers. Some master headends also
house telephony equipment for
providing telecommunications services
to the community.
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Bharti Airtel
Bharti Airtel Limited, commonly
known as Airtel, is an Indian
multinational telecommunications
services company headquartered in
New Delhi, India
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Bell Canada Services
Bell Canada provides many
different types of
telecommunications services.
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BT Group
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It is one of the largest telecommunications
services companies in the world and has
operations in over 170 countries
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BT Group 1878 to 1969
In 1912 it became the primary
supplier of telecommunications
services, after the Post Office took
over the private sector telephone
service in the UK, except for a few
local authority services
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BT Group 1969 to 1982
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The British Telecommunications Act,
1981 transferred the responsibility for
telecommunications services from
the Post Office, creating two separate
corporations, Post Office Ltd
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BT Group 1982 to 1991
The new policy-enabled customers to
acquire telecommunications services from
competing providers using a variety of
technologies
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BT Group Concert
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In June 1994, BT and MCI Communication
Corporation, the second largest carrier of
long distance telecommunications services
in the United States, launched Concert
Communications Services, a $1 billion
joint venture company
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BT Group 2001 to 2006
The licensing regime was replaced by a
general authorisation for companies to
provide telecommunications services
subject to general conditions of entitlement
and, in some instances, specific conditions
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Data center Technology infrastructure design
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There are cabling systems for all data
center environments, including
horizontal cabling, voice, modem, and
facsimile telecommunications
services, premises switching
equipment, computer and
telecommunications management
connections, keyboard/video/mouse
connections and data communications
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Civil engineering - Municipal or urban engineering
In the case of underground utility
networks, it may also include the civil
portion (conduits and access
chambers) of the local distribution
networks of electrical and
telecommunications services
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Telefónica Europe - The Netherlands
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Telfort was created in March 1997 as a
50:50 joint venture between British
Telecommunications (BT) and
Nederlandse Spoorwegen (the Dutch
national railways operator) and
headquartered in Amsterdam, Telfort
was awarded a licence by the
government of The Netherlands to
provide fixed telecommunications
services in November of that year, and a
mobile licence was awarded the
following year. In 2000, the mobile
operations of Telfort became a part of the
BT Wireless family.
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Telefónica Europe - Current operations
Telefónica Europe (excludes Spain
which is part of Telefónica España) is a
telecommunications company with
subsidiaries in the United Kingdom,
Ireland, Germany, and Slovakia. It also
operates telecommunications services
in the Czech Republic, and on the Isle
of Man, which has been used as an
environment for developing and testing
new services such as 3G.
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Telecommunications in Mauritius - History
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Before the independence of the country
and till 1985, international
communications were managed by
Cable & Wireless, a private British
company. From 1985, Overseas
Telecommunications Services, which
subsequently became Mauritius
Telecom Limited took over.
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Telecommunications in Mauritius - History
In July 1988, the state-owned
Department of Telecommunications
was privatised to become the
Mauritius Telecommunications
Services (MTS). With privatisation,
national and international activities
were merged to form Mauritius
Telecom Ltd.
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Communications Act of 1934 - Proposed amendments
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That report would include an analysis
of "the state of competition in the
markets for voice, video, and data
services, as well as the availability of
high-speed and high-quality
telecommunications services" in the
United States
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Ethiopia - Economy
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Provision of telecommunications services
is left to a state-owned monopoly. It is the
view of the current government that
maintaining state ownership in this vital
sector is essential to ensure that
telecommunication infrastructures and
services are extended to rural Ethiopia,
which would not be attractive to private
enterprises.
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Telecommunications in China - History
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After 1997, China's telecommunications
services were enhanced further with the
acquisition of Hong Kong's highly
advanced systems
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Telecommunications in China - History of telecommunications services
As of 1987 the quality of
telecommunications services in China had
improved markedly over earlier years. A
considerable influx of foreign technology
and increased domestic production
capabilities had a major impact in the postMao period.
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Telecommunications in China - History of telecommunications services
Apart from traditional telegraph and
telephone services, China also had
facsimile, low-speed data-transmission,
and computer-controlled
telecommunications services. These
included on-line information retrieval
terminals in Beijing, Changsha, and
Baotou that enabled international
telecommunications networks to retrieve
news and scientific, technical, economic,
and cultural information from
international sources.
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Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 - The Act
(1) it is in the public interest to
encourage the growth and
development of public radio and
television broadcasting, including the
use of such media for instructional,
educational, and cultural purposes;
(2) it is in the public interest to
encourage the growth and
development of nonbroadcast
telecommunications technologies for
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Telecommunications in Russia - Mobile phone
As part of the agreement, Rostelecom
have the right to use Yota's wireless
networks and to provide customers with
telecommunications services as a MVNO
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Telecommunications in Senegal - Regulation
Besides regulating providers of
telecommunications services, the Agency
assigns and controls spectrum
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Telecommunications in Cambodia
Although telecommunications services
were initially limited to the government,
these advances in communications helped
break down the country's isolation, both
internally and internationally.
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Telecommunications in Australia - Deregulation and the establishment of Telstra
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In Australia the 1982 Davidson Enquiry
regarding private sector involvement in
delivery of existing/proposed
telecommunications services
recommended ending Telecom Australia's
monopoly. In the preceding year Aussat
Pty Ltd, another government agency, had
been established to operate domestic
satellite telecommunication and
broadcasting services.
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Telecommunications in Australia - Deregulation and the establishment of Telstra
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At the end of 1998 there were over 20
licensed telecommunications carriers
controlling facilities in Australia, with
several hundred other entities using
those facilities to provide services to
consumers. That number had climbed
to 99 by May 2002 (with 11 licences
surrendered); the Australian
Communications Authority estimated
that the benefits to consumers of
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Telecommunications in Australia - Satellites
Satellites are used to provide
telecommunications services in very
remote areas. These are primarily the
Optus satellites C1 D1 and D2.
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Telecommunications in Bhutan
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general assessment: urban towns and district
headquarters have telecommunications
services
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Telecommunications in Bangladesh
The liberalisation of Bangladesh’s
telecommunications sector began
with small steps in 1989 with the
issuance of a licence to a private
operator for the provision of inter alia
cellular mobile services to compete
with the previous monopoly provider
of telecommunications services the
Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone
Board (BTTB)
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Telecommunications in Bangladesh - Structure
As defined in the National
Telecommunications Policy 1998 and
International Long Distance
Telecommunications Services (ILDTS)
Policy 2007, all mobile operators is to
interconnect through Interconnection
Exchange (ICX) and all international calls
to be handled by International Gateway
(IGW) which is to be connected to the
mobile and fixed operators through the
ICXs.
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KT Corporation - Global Business
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KT provides global ICT services such
as the establishment of public/private
network infrastructures,
telecommunications services, and
managed services to global enterprises
and government agencies around the
world along with enhancing global
wholesale services to guarantee the
high standard of Internet and
international call services.
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Telecommunications in Djibouti - Telephone system
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Domestic: Djibouti Telecom is the sole
provider of telecommunications
services and utilizes mostly a
microwave radio relay network; fiberoptic cable is installed in the capital;
rural areas connected via wireless
local loop radio systems; mobile
cellular coverage is primarily limited
to the area in and around Djibouti city
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Technological convergence - VoIP
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Convergence has also raised several
debates about classification of certain
telecommunications services
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SK Telecom - History
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SK Telecom was established in March
1984 under the name Korea Mobile
Telecommunications Services Corp.,
but was renamed Hankuk Idong
Tongshin Corp
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RCA - Establishment
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Over the years, RCA continued to operate
international telecommunications services,
under its subsidiary RCA Communications,
Inc., and later the RCA Global
Communications Company.
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Telecommunications in Barbados - History
Full liberalisation was attained in
February, 2005, for the international
telecommunications services market.
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Fiber to the x - Definitions
FTTN / FTTLA (fiber-to-the-node, neighborhood, or -last-amplifier):
Fiber is terminated in a street cabinet,
possibly miles away from the
customer premises, with the final
connections being copper. FTTN is
often an interim step toward full FTTH
and is typically used to deliver
advanced triple-play
telecommunications services.
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Telecommunications in Nepal
2032 for the purpose of providing
telecommunications services to Nepalese People
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SingTel - 2003
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SingTel sells 60% of Singapore Post
(SingPost) in May during an IPO in an
effort to focus on its core
telecommunications services
business.
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Nippon Telegraph and Telephone
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The purpose of the company defined by the
Law is to own all the shares issued by Nippon
Telegraph and Telephone East Corporation
(NTT East) and Nippon Telegraph and
Telephone West Corporation (NTT West) and
to ensure proper and stable provision of
telecommunications services all over Japan
including remote rural areas by these
companies as well as to conduct research
relating to the telecommunications
technologies that will form the foundation for
telecommunications.
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Provisioning
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In telecommunication, provisioning is the
process of preparing and equipping a
network to allow it to provide (new)
services to its users. In NS/EP
telecommunications services,
"provisioning" equates to "initiation" and
includes altering the state of an existing
priority service or capability.
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Provisioning
In a modern signal infrastructure
employing information technology at
all levels, there is no distinction
possible between telecommunications
services and "higher level"
infrastructure. Accordingly,
provisioning configures any required
systems, provides users with access to
data and technology resources, and
refers to all enterprise-level
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Children's Internet Protection Act - Background
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While the federal government had no
means of directly controlling local
school and library boards, many
schools and libraries utilized
universal service fund discounts,
derived from the universal service
fees paid by telecommunications
users, to purchase eligible
telecommunications services and
Internet access
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Nortel - Owens and Zafirovski
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Nortel acquired PEC Solutions, a provider
of information technology and
telecommunications services to various
government agencies and departments, in
June 2005 and renamed it Nortel
Government Solutions Incorporated (NGS)
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Telecommunications in Gibraltar - History
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However, Cable Wireless left Gibraltar
in 1987., EDA Press (in Spanish
language|Spanish) On 1 January 1988,
British Telecom (BT) and the
Government of Gibraltar formed a joint
venture company called Gibraltar
Telecommunications International Ltd
(known by its commercial brand Gibtel)
to operate Gibraltar's international
telecommunications services
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Telecommunications in the Philippines - Republic acts affecting
telecommunications
* March 1, 1995: '7925', An act to
promote and govern the development
of Philippine telecommunications and
the delivery of public
telecommunications services.
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Telecommunications in Turkmenistan
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Turkmenistan’s telecommunications
services are considered to be the least
developed of all the Commonwealth of
Independent States (Commonwealth of
Independent States|CIS) countries
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Telecommunications in Uzbekistan
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In 2012, the telecommunications services
volume grew by 22.5% year-on-year in
Uzbekistan. The amount of broadband
ports installed totalled 378,000 across the
country at the end of 2012, up by 55.5%
year-on-year. The number of ports in
active use was 202,700 up by 37.2%. A
total of 1,576 km of fibre optic backbone
lines were deployed across the country in
the same year.
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Telecommunications in Vietnam - Internet
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There are five ISPs operating: Netnam
Company, Vietnam Data
Communication Company (VDC),
Corporation for Finance and Promoting
Technology (FPT), Saigon Post and
Telecommunications Services
Corporation (Saigon Postel
Corporation, SPT) and Viettel Company.
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Telecommunications in the United Arab Emirates
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And while there were exceptions for
free zones and modern housing
developments, for the majority of the
UAE, Etisalat held a monopoly on
business and personal
telecommunications services
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Telecommunications in the United Arab Emirates
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3 of 2003.[http://www.tra.ae/about_tra.html
About TRA] From 1976 to 2006 the
Emirates Telecommunications Corporation
(Etisalat) was the sole telephone and
telecommunications provider for the
United Arab
Emirates|UAE.[http://www.american.edu/c
armel/jp2450a/3.htm American.edu - UAE
ICT - Telecommunication Infrastructure,
Regulation and Liberalization] And while
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LG Corp. - Structure of the Group and the financial position
Its telecom products include longdistance and international phone
services, mobile and broadband
telecommunications services, as well
as consulting and telemarketing
services
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Hutchison Telecommunications International Limited
'Hutchison Telecommunications
International Limited' ('Hutchison
Telecom') is a Multinational
corporation|multinational
telecommunications services company
headquartered in Hong Kong and a wholly
owned subsidiary of Hutchison Whampoa.
It operates GSM mobile
telecommunications services in Sri Lanka
and Vietnam, and CDMA services in
Indonesia and Thailand, under brands
including Hutch (mobile phone
network)|Hutch, Hutchison 3G|3 and
Vietnamobile.
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Area code - Special services
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* +878 – Universal Personal
Telecommunications
services
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Vodafone - Senior management
Faced with increased competition, and
penetration rates above 100% in the more
mature European markets, he saw it
necessary to diversify from being a
mobile-only business into a company
which provided all telecommunications
services
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Sydney
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Numerous telecommunications companies
operate in Sydney providing terrestrial and
mobile telecommunications services.
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Fiber to the premises - Definitions
*'FTTN / FTTLA' (fiber-to-the-node, neighborhood, or -last-amplifier): Fiber is
terminated in a street cabinet, possibly
miles away from the customer premises,
with the final connections being copper.
FTTN is often an interim step toward full
FTTH and is typically used to deliver
advanced triple play
(telecommunications)|triple-play
telecommunications services.
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Earth potential rise - Causes
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Earth potential rise is a safety issue in the
coordination of power and
telecommunications services. An EPR
event at a site such as an electrical
distribution electrical substation|substation
may expose personnel, users or structures
to hazardous voltages.
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Canberra - Utilities
The government-owned ACTEW
Corporation manages Canberra's water
and sewerage infrastructure. ActewAGL
is a joint venture between ACTEW and
Australian Gas Light Company|AGL,
and is the retail provider of Canberra's
utility services including water, natural
gas, electricity, and also some
telecommunications services via a
subsidiary TransACT.
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Air France - Formation and early years
On 4 August 1948 Max Hymans was
appointed president. During his 13year tenure he would implement
modernisation practices centred on
the introduction of jet aircraft. In 1949
the company became a co-founder of
SITA|Société Internationale de
Télécommunications Aéronautiques
(SITA), an airline telecommunications
services company.
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Neuf Cegetel
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It offered various telecommunications
services to consumers, enterprises
and wholesale customers, ranking
second in the country in annual
revenues
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OTE - Greece
* Cosmote|COSMOTE (100%): Mobile
telecommunications services provider. The
largest mobile network operator in Greece,
with 7.9 million subscribers and one of the
largest in SE Europe.
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OTE - Products
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OTEGlobe offers telecommunications
services with a global range.
International interconnection
Solutions, International telephony
solutions, international solutions for
corporate customers (international
VPN), International Solutions for
mobile telephony operators (GRX,
signaling, MMS Hub).
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OTE - Products
COSMOTE in Greece and its
subsidiaries in Albania and Romania
offer mobile telecommunications
services.
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Crnogorski Telekom - General introduction
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Crnogorski Telekom (CT) is the largest
telecommunications company in
Montenegro. It provides a full range of
fixed-line, mobile, IPTV, and internet
telecommunication services.
Crnogorski Telekom is the main fixedline service provider in Montenegro. Its
exclusive rights expired in 2003.
Crnogorski Telekom provides local,
national, and international services, in
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ONO (Spain)
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ONO was incorporated in 1998. Before
commencing its operations, the
company took part in a series of
competitive tenders which were called
after the coming into force of Spain's
General Telecommunications by Cable
Act 42/95. From 1996 to 1998, ONO was
awarded the licenses to provide cable
television and telecommunications
services in the regions of Valencia
(province)|Valencia, Castellón de la
Plana|Castellon, Alicante, Murcia,
Cádiz, Huelva, Cantabria, Majorca and
Albacete.
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Internet Protocol Television - Service bundling
For residential users, IPTV is often
provided in conjunction with video on
demand and may be bundled with
Internet services such as Internet
access and Voice over Internet Protocol
(VoIP) telecommunications services.
Commercial bundling of IPTV, VoIP and
Internet access is sometimes referred
to in marketing as triple play
(telecommunications)|triple play
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PCCW Limited - Main business
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HKT Group Holdings Limited (HKT) was
formed in 2008 to hold the
telecommunications services, media
and IT businesses of the PCCW Group
in a reorganization designed to improve
the Group's operational efficiencies
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Eircom - Services
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A range of telecommunications services is
provided on the network including
Business IP, its Multiprotocol Label
Switching|MPLS platform
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Romtelecom - History
In December 1989, ROM-POSTTELECOM was created as a post and
telecommunications operator, independent
of the Ministry. The current name of
Romtelecom was given after a
reorganization in July 1991, when the
state-owned company was also given the
monopoly for basic telecommunications
services.
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T-Hrvatski Telekom
'T-Hrvatski Telekom (T-HT)' is the
leading provider of
telecommunications services in
Croatia, serving more than 1.3 million
fixed lines, nearly 2.5 million mobile
subscribers and 648,000 broadband
connections[http://www.t.ht.hr/eng/i
nvestors/pdf/q3_2011results.pdf]
through its Residential and Business
divisions.
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T-Hrvatski Telekom
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and other subsidiary companies comprise
provision of telecommunications services,
design and construction of
telecommunications networks in the
territory of the Republic of Croatia
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Melbourne - Radio
Numerous telecommunications
companies provide Melbourne with
terrestrial and mobile
telecommunications services and
wireless internet services.
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Telkom SA - Pan African operations
Multi-Links is a private
telecommunications operator (as of
2009 a wholly owned Telkom
subsidiary) with a Unified Access
License allowing fixed, mobile, data,
long distance and international
telecommunications services focused
primarily on corporate clients in
Nigeria.
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Triple play (telecommunications) - Wireless
Other advanced technologies such as
WiMax or IEEE 802.16|802.16 has
allowed new market entrants to achieve
triple play. Many speculate that this means
serious, new competition for established
providers of bundled telecommunications
services.
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Tele-Communications Inc. - Merger
The new company, to be called ATT
Consumer Services, planned to
significantly accelerate efforts to offer
Digital telephony|digital telephone, data
and video services as the companies
combined the long distance, Mobile
phone|wireless and Dial-up Internet
access|dial-up Internet service of ATT with
the cable, high-speed Internet and
telecommunications services of TCI
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Rostelecom - History
Prior to 1990, responsibility for the
provision of telecommunications services
lie at the Ministry of Communications of
the USSR. On June 26, 1990 the Ministry
of Communications of the USSR
established a state-owned joint-stock
company Sovtelekom, which was given
the rights to operate the
telecommunications network of the USSR.
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Rostelecom - History
It simplifies the procedure for
payment for all telecommunications
services of the company on the
territory of Russia and also introduce
new services such as auto-top-up and
e-commerce or single
click.[http://www.ictrussia.com/1965
73/Rostelecom-implements-unifiedpayment-system.shtml Rostelecom
implements unified payment system]
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Rostelecom - Operations
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Along with its public switched telephone
network|traditional telephony services,
Rostelecom provides high-tech
telecommunications services, including
intelligent network services (INS), video
conferencing, broadband Internet access
and deployment of virtual private networks
(VPN) among others
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Rostelecom - Operations
Rostelecom has the largest domestic
backbone network (approximately 600
thousand km) and last mile connections to
approximately 35 million households in
Russia. The Company holds licences to
provide a wide range of telecommunications
services (telephony, data, TV and valueadded solutions) to residential, corporate and
governmental subscribers and third party
operators across all regions of the Russian
Federation.Rostelecom: From an outsider
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Optical network unit
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An 'optical network unit' ('ONU') is a
device that transforms incoming
optical signals into electronics at a
customer's premises in order to
provide telecommunications services
over an optical fiber network.
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U-Verse
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'ATT U-verse' (or simply 'U-verse') is
an ATT brand of triple play
(telecommunications)|triple-play
telecommunications services in 22 of
the United States
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Mobitel (Slovenia) - Mobitel services
* M4 – an overall offer of
telecommunications services of
internet, telephony, IP television and
mobile telephony, in cooperation with
Telekom Slovenije
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Síminn - Competition
1
Póstur og sími had a monopoly
on most telecommunications
services until 1998
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Cox Communications - History
In 1993, Cox began offering
telecommunications services to
businesses (the first multiple system
cable operator to do so). This eventually
grew into Cox Business, which now
represents $1 billion in annual revenue.
In 1995, Cox acquired Times Mirror's
cable properties and went public
again.[http://www.nytimes.com/1994/0
6/06/business/times-mirror-and-coxsign-deal-for-cable-tv-merger.html
Times Mirror and Cox Sign Deal for
1
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Claro Puerto Rico
1
'Puerto Rico Telephone d/b/a Claro
Puerto Rico' is the largest Puerto
Rican telecommunications services
company
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IndosatM2 - Business Solutions
1
The flow of information can be linked to
the lifeblood of modern businesses and
particularly for large corporations.
Nowadays, corporate users have come to
depend on IP-based telecommunications
services, which offer many advantages
over other forms of data communication
technologies. To accommodate these
corporate users needs, IndosatM2
provides an array of products and
services, ranging from IndosatNet
Dedicated Internet and IM2 Link IP-VPN
MPLS to web-hosting and colocation
services.
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Belgacom - Proximus (Belgacom Mobile)
1
Proximus offers a wide line of products
and mobile telecommunications services
to its residential and professional
customers, therefore having the largest
HSDPA coverage in Belgium. In 2010,
Belgacom ended the existence of
Belgacom Mobile as a separate legal
entity and absorbed all of its activities into
Belgacom SA.
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Belgacom - Service Delivery Engine Wholesale (SDEW)
1
Service Delivery Engine and Wholesale
(SDEW) groups together the network
and IT services. Its wholesale activity
offers telecommunications services to
other operators and suppliers on the
Belgian market.
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Hybrid fiber-coaxial - Description
1
Some master headends also house
telephony equipment for providing
telecommunications services to the
community
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Internavi - Compatible mobile phone
In Japan, telecom company
WILLCOM offers flat-rate
telecommunications services,
depending on the type of third
generation mobile navigation what
can be connected directly to telephone
or cable for in home use on personal
computers.
1
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Telecommunications in Jamaica - Telephones
1
* Telephone system: Fully automatic
domestic telephone network; the 1999
agreement to open the market for
telecommunications services resulted
in rapid growth in mobile-cellular
telephone usage while the number of
fixed-lines in use declined (2011).
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Telecommunications in Bhutan - Telephones
1
** general assessment: urban towns
and district headquarters have
telecommunications services (2012);
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Telephone slamming - How slamming happens
In the United Kingdom, landline
telecommunications services were
provided exclusively by BT Group|BT until
1984 when the industry was deregulated,
and the number of independent operators
providing fixed-line domestic telephone
services increased. Similar fraudulent
sales practices have been alleged by
British customers who claim that their
landline service has been switched to a
1
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M-PESA - History
In 2002, Researchers at Gamos
(organisation)|Gamos and the
Commonwealth Telecommunications
Organisation, funded by Department for
International Development|Department for
International Development UK,
documented that in Uganda, Botswana
and Ghana, people were spontaneously
using airtime as a proxy for money
transfer.Innovative Demand Models for
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Overselling - Communications
1
Oversubscription is the basis for all non-dedicated
telecommunications services
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Trinidad and Tobago - Economy
Telecommunications Services of
Trinidad and Tobago Limited
(generally known as TSTT) is the
largest telephone and Internet service
provider in Trinidad and Tobago
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Service assurance
Other factors driving growing interest in service
assurance include increasing competition, new
challenges due to the convergence of networks,
services, applications and devices, enabling services
over Internet Protocol|IP and the merging of IT and
telecommunications
services.[http://www.ossobserver.com/reports/details.c
fm?reportID=190 Service Assurance Market Review
February 2007, OSS Observer] But ultimately, it is the
CSP’s ability to ensure a satisfactory level of QoS that
will have the greatest impact on
revenue.[http://www.yankeegroup.com/ResearchDocu
ment.do?id=16675 Anywhere Consumer: 2007 US
Communications/Customer Satisfaction Survey,
Yankee Group]
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Australian Communications Authority - Convergence and change
1
Many of the controls on the production and
distribution of content and the provision of
telecommunications services through
licensing or other subsidiary
arrangements, or by standards and codes
(whether co-regulatory or self-regulatory)
are subject to revision and adaptation to
the networked society and information
economy
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Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission - History
In 1976, jurisdiction over
telecommunications services, most of
which were then delivered by monopoly
common carriers (for example, telephone
companies), was transferred to it from the
Canadian Transport Commission although
the abbreviation CRTC remained the
same
1
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An Post - Background
1
An Post, the Irish postal administration,
came into being in 1984 when, under the
terms of the Postal Telecommunications
Services Act of 1983, the postal services
of the Minister for Posts and
Telegraphs|Department of Posts and
Telegraphs (PT) were divided between An
Post and Telecom Éireann, the
telecommunications operator now called
Eircom
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National Space Research and Development Agency - Scope
The provision of efficient, reliable and
adequate telecommunications services in
Nigeria in order to enhance the growth of
the industrial, commercial and
administrative sectors of the economy.
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National Space Research and Development Agency - Scope
Communication and Information
Technology to provide efficient and
reliable telecommunications services
for Nigeria in order to enhance the
growth of the industrial, commercial
and administrative sectors of the
economy.
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Cooperative - Utility cooperative
A utility cooperative is a type of
consumers' cooperative that is tasked with
the delivery of a public utility such as
electricity, water or telecommunications
services to its members
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International calling code - Zone 8: East Asia and special services
1
*'+878 ndash; Universal
Personal
Telecommunications
services'
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Sydney, Australia
1
Numerous telecommunications companies
operate in Sydney providing terrestrial and
mobile telecommunications services.
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Public capital - Current state in the U.S.
1
invested $400 billion in infrastructure
capital across federal, state, and local
levels including the private sectors on
transportation networks, schools,
highways, water systems, energy, and
telecommunications services
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Grameenphone - Village phone
With the help of Grameenphone,
Grameen Telecom operates the
national Village Phone programme,
alongside its own parent Grameen
Bank and the International Finance
Corporation (IFC), acting as the sole
provider of telecommunications
services to a number of rural areas
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Service delivery platform - Relationship to SOA
Services deployed over Web Service
Ecosystems may be business-critical, but
they typically do not have the real-time
and high-performance requirements
associated to telecommunications services
for which SDPs are traditionally conceived
1
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Telcordia Technologies - Separation from the Baby Bells
Telcordia is a chief architect of the
telecommunications system in the U.S.,
and has pioneered many of the
telecommunications services used
today, including Caller ID, Call Waiting,
Mobile number portability and Toll-free
telephone number (800) service.
Telcordia’s expertise lies in managing
large, complex projects across the
operations and communications
spectrum.
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British Telecom
It is one of the largest
telecommunications services
companies in the world and has
operations in over 170 countries
1
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British Telecom - 1878 to 1969
1
In 1912 it became the primary supplier of
telecommunications services, after the
Post Office took over the private sector
telephone service in GB, except for a few
local authority services
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British Telecom - 1969 to 1982
1
The British Telecommunications Act,
1981 transferred the responsibility for
telecommunications services from
the Post Office, creating two separate
corporations, Post Office Ltd
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British Telecom - 1982 to 1991
1
The new policy enabled customers to
acquire telecommunications services
from competing providers using a
variety of technologies
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British Telecom - Concert
In June 1994, BT and MCI
Communications|MCI Communication
Corporation, the second largest carrier of
long distance telecommunications services
in the United States, launched Concert
Communications Services, a $1billion joint
venture company
1
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British Telecom - 2001 to 2006
The licensing regime was replaced by a
general authorisation for companies to
provide telecommunications services
subject to general conditions of entitlement
and, in some instances, specific conditions
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Telecommunications Act of 1996 - Stated objective
Congress attempted to create a
regulatory framework for the transition
from primarily monopoly provision to
competitive provision of
telecommunications services.
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Telecommunications Act of 1996 - Framework
'Wholesale access to incumbents'
networks.' To allow new entrants
enough time to fully build out their own
networks, the Act requires the
incumbent local exchange carriers to
make available to entrants, at costbased wholesale rates, those elements
of their network to which entrants
needed access in order not to be
impaired in their ability to offer
telecommunications services.47 U.S.C.
§§ 251(c)(3) and 252(d)(1).
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Telecommunications Act of 1996 - Policy considerations of new environment
1
::*the Federal Universal Service Fund is
funded through an assessment on
interstate telecommunications service
revenues that exceeds 10% (the exact
assessment rate varies from quarter to
quarter); information services, even if they
compete directly with the interstate
telecommunications services, are not
assessed.
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Telecommunications Act of 1996 - Policy considerations of new environment
1
Thus, if services that had been classified
as telecommunications services are reclassified as information services, as
recently occurred for high-speed digital
subscriber line (“DSL”) services, then the
universal service assessment base will
decline and carriers that depend on
universal service funding may see a
decline in support
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Telecommunications Act of 1996 - Major provisions
1
:Sec. 303. Preemption of franchising authority
regulation of telecommunications services.
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Telecommunications Act of 1996 - Major provisions
'Title VII', Miscellaneous Provisions : Outlines
provisions relating to the prevention of unfair
billing practices for information or services
provided over toll-free telephone calls, privacy of
consumer information, pole attachments, facilities
siting, radio frequency emission standards, mobile
services direct access to long distance carriers,
advanced telecommunications incentives, the
telecommunications development fund, the
National Education Technology Funding
Corporation, a report on the use of advance
telecommunications services for medical
purposes, and outlines the authorization of
appropriations.
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Telecommunications Act of 1996 - Major provisions
1
:Sec. 709. Report on the use of advanced
telecommunications services for medical
purposes.
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Telecommunications Act of 1996 - Major provisions
1
The Act makes a significant distinction
between providers of
telecommunications services and
information services
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GTE
In the Caribbean, CONTEL purchased
several major stakes in the newly
independent countries of the British West
Indies (namely in Barbados, Jamaica, and
Trinidad and
Tobago).[http://www.candw.com.bb/barbad
os/about_us/history/history_02.html Cable
Wireless Barbados: Early
History][http://www.tstt.net.tt/about/history.
cfm Telecommunications Services of
Trinidad and Tobago - Corporate History]
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Internet censorship in the United States - Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA)
1
* affect E-rate funding for schools and
libraries receiving discounts for
telecommunications services, such as
telephone service, but not for Internet
access or internal connections.
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Internet censorship in the United States - Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) cell phone
service suspension
1
for Declaratory Ruling that Disconnection of
Telecommunications Services Violates the
Communications Act], Harold Feld, Legal
Director, and Sherwin Siy, Deputy Legal
Dirctor, of Public Knowledge before the
Federal Communications Commission, 29
August 2011[
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-0926/phone-web-clampdowns-in-crises-areintolerable-susan-crawford.html Phone, Web
Clampdowns in Crises Are Intolerable],
Susan Crawford, Bloomberg News, 25
September 2011
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Chatham, Ontario - Economy and industry
1
Chatham is home to many technology
companies as well. For example,
Chatham Internet Access was first to
provide internet access in the area.
TekSavvy Solutions Inc. provides highspeed internet, telephone, and other
advanced telecommunications
services across Canada.
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Mercury Communications Ltd - Background : Before 1981
1
The British Telecommunications Act of
1981, transferred the responsibility for
telecommunications services from the
Post Office, and created two separate
corporations - Post Office Ltd
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The Gores Group - Transactions
Cobridge, which will operate the
systems acquired from Charter,
provides telecommunications
services, including digital cable,
HDTV, internet and digital telephone
services, to residential and
commercial customers, primarily in
the Southeastern United States
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Telephone company
1
or 'telecommunications operator', is a kind
of communications service provider (CSP)
(more precisely a telecommunications
service provider or TSP) that provides
telecommunications services such as
telephony and data communications
access
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Tiscali
'Tiscali s.p.a.' () is an Italy|Italian
telecommunications company, based
in Cagliari, Sardinia, that provides
internet and telecommunications
services to its domestic market. It
previously had operations in other
European nations through its
acquisition of many smaller European
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in
the late 1990s.
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Cúcuta - Telecommunications
1
The city's telecommunications services
include payphones, WiMAX wireless
networks, and mobile phone networks
(GSM, CDMA and Digital AMPS|TDMA).
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Nationalisation - United Kingdom
* '1981' British Telecom created,
taking control of telecommunications
services from the Post Office UK|Post
Office
1
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Infrastructure-based development
1
Shane Greenstein and Pablo T. Spiller
examined the effects of
telecommunication infrastructure on
economic performance in the United
States. They conclude that
infrastructure investment accounts for
a significant fraction of the growth in
Economic surplus#Consumer
surplus|consumer surplus and
business revenue in
telecommunications services, both of
which indicate the growth in
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TVNZ - Kordia, formerly BCL, TVNZ's transmission partner
1
TVNZ's transmission network is operated
by Kordia, formerly a subsidiary of TVNZ
known as Broadcast Communications
Limited until 2006. The company owns
and operates the terrestrial transmission
network used for broadcast of all major
terrestrial television networks in New
Zealand, including TV3 and Prime
Television New Zealand|Prime Television TVNZ's major competitors, along with
other voice and data telecommunications
services.
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Pay Related Social Insurance - Registration thresholds
*There is no threshold for a nonestablished person supplying taxable
goods or services in Ireland, or for a
person receiving so-called Fourth
Schedule services (intangible, remotely
provided services, like advertising,
broadcasting, and telecommunications
services) from abroad — any such
person must register for VAT.
1
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Utility cooperative
1
In the UK, the Phone Co-op was set up
in 1998 to provide telecommunications
services, and in 2011 Midcounties Cooperative launched Co-operative
Energy to supply electricity and
gas.http://www.cooperativeenergy.coop
/ As part of the community wind energy
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List of deployed WiMAX networks - B
*MenaTelecom is a licensed
telecommunications operator based in
the Kingdom of Bahrain. In January 2007
Mena secured a nationwide Fixed
Wireless Access (FWA) licence in
Bahrain to provide fixed and nomadic
telecommunications services
throughout the Kingdom. In partnership
with Motorola, Mena deployed WiMAX
technology. The objective is to provide
customers, both business and massmarket consumer, with innovative
products and services based on quality,
reliability and exceptional value for
1
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Telefónica Europe - The Netherlands
'Telfort' was created in March 1997 as a
50:50 joint venture between British
Telecommunications (BT) and Nederlandse
Spoorwegen (the Dutch national railways
operator) and headquartered in Amsterdam,
Telfort was awarded a licence by the
government of The Netherlands to provide
fixed telecommunications services in
November of that year, and a mobile licence
was awarded the following year. In 2000, the
mobile operations of Telfort became a part of
the BT Wireless family.
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Internet in Poland - KORBANK
1
Operations focus on Lower Silesia and
Masovia regions, where
telecommunications services are offered
to both retail and business clients
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Karen Richardson
In November 2011, Richardson joined the
board of directors of BT Group plc (). The
company, which has operations in more than
170 countries, is one of the world's largest
telecommunications services companies. She
joined the board of Convercent, a Coloradobased provider of governance, risk
management and compliance software, in
2012, and was appointed to the board of
Exponent (), a Silicon Valley-based
engineering and scientific consulting
company, in 2013.
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BT Total Broadband - BT Home Hub
It is significant as it marks BTs
departure away from traditional
telecommunications services and
towards Internet and Digital
media|media products
1
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Etisalat
'Emirates Telecommunications
Corporation', branded trade name 'Etisalat'
( , literally communications), is a
multinational UAE based
telecommunications services provider,
currently operating in 15 countries across
Asia, the Middle East and Africa
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Etisalat - Etisalat International Investments / Etisalat Group
The International Investments unit
also manages Etisalat's minor stakes
in other telecommunications services
providers, such as Sudatel (a mobile,
fixed and Internet services provider in
Sudan), XL Axiata in Indonesia, and
Qtel (Qatar-based
telecommunications services
provider).
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Etisalat - Etisalat Nigeria
1
Etisalat signed an agreement to acquire 40% of and
manage Emerging Markets Telecommunications
Services (EMTS), Nigeria’s fourth GSM operator, it
began commercial operations trading as Etisalat
Nigeria in October 2008.etisalat.com.ng It is now
operating with over 14 million
subscribers,[http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/busine
ss/business-finance/etisalat-targets-15-millionsubscribers-in-new-promo/ ] and launched one of the
first major broadband services in Nigeria –
EasyBlaze.[http://mobility.com.ng/2011/09/26/etisalatlaunches-easyblaze-hspa-mobile-broadband-internet/ ]
Etisalat is known for its innovative products and
services such as the Eco Sim and the first network to
offer special numbers to Nigerians as their mobile
numbers via the
0809uchoose campaign.
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Comcast Cable Communications - Land line telephone
In their response, Comcast stated that
services that use telecommunications are
not necessarily telecommunications
services, and noted the FCC's current
designation of Comcast Digital Voice as an
information service exempted it from
telecommunications service regulations
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Ho Chi Minh city - Communications
Internet service providers (ISPs)
operating in Ho Chi Minh City include
the Vietnam Data Communication
Company (VDC), Corporation for
Finance and Promoting Technology
(FPT), Netnam Company, Saigon Post
and Telecommunications Services
Corporation (Saigon Postel
Corporation, SPT) and Viettel
Company
1
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Economy of Côte d'Ivoire - Infrastructure
There is a network of more than of paved
roads; modern telecommunications services,
including a public data communications
network; cellular phones and Internet access;
two active ports, one of which, Abidjan, is the
most European in West Africa; Foreign Direct
Investment|rail links-in the process of being
upgraded-both within the country and to
Burkina Faso; regular air service within the
region and to and from Europe; and real
estate developments for commercial,
industrial, retail, and residential use
1
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Port of Spain - Utilities
Fixed-line telephone service and
broadband was also once a monopoly
controlled by Telecommunications
Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT)
1
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Fee - Telecom
1
For telecommunications services such
as high-speed Internet and mobile
phones, an 'activation fee' is commonly
assessed, although most companies
fail to include it in the advertised price,
and activation means only typing some
customer information into a computer
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Polar orbit
1
Polar orbits are often used for earth-mapping,
earth observation satellite|earth observation,
capturing the earth as time passes from one
point, reconnaissance satellites, as well as
for some weather satellites.Science Focus
2nd Edition 2, pg. 297 The Iridium satellite
constellation also uses a polar orbit to
provide telecommunications services. The
disadvantage to this orbit is that no one spot
on the Earth's surface can be sensed
continuously from a satellite in a polar orbit.
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Digicel - Caribbean and Central America
Wireless service in the Caribbean had
been under the control of the large British
company Cable Wireless
Communications|Cable Wireless, the
longtime provider of telecommunications
services in the region. Cable Wireless
had little competition or incentive to
change, and wireless service was
considered expensive and poor in quality
by Caribbean customers.
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Public land mobile network
1
A 'public land mobile network' (PLMN) is a
regulatory term in telecommunications. A
PLMN is a telecommunications
network|network that is established and
operated by an administration
(business)|administration or by a
recognized operating agency (ROA) for
the specific purpose of providing land
Mobile phone|mobile telecommunications
services to the public.
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Public land mobile network - Specifications
1
PLMN is a network that is established and
operated by an administration or by a
recognized operating agency (ROA) for
the specific purpose of providing land
mobile telecommunications services to the
public
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Numericable
'Numericable Group SA' is a Cable
television|cable operator and
telecommunications services company,
publicly listed on the Paris NYSE Euronext
stock exchange
1
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Full Channel
1
'Full Channel, Inc.' formerly 'Full-Channel TV,
Inc.' is a private, family-owned Rhode Island
corporation providing digital cable television,
Internet and telecommunications services in
Rhode Island. It is the third-largest cable
television and Internet service provider in the
state. Its wired communications network is
available to the approximately 50,000
residents of Bristol County, Rhode Island. Full
Channel's main office is at 57 Everett Street
in Warren, Rhode Island, U.S.
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Restoration (disambiguation) - Technology
* Circuit restoration, in
telecommunications, action taken to repair
and return to service one or more
telecommunications services
1
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SIP - Networking
1
* Service Improvement Plan, provides improved
telecommunications services in Canada
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Melita Cable
The 'Melita' Group is a diversified
telecommunications provider offering
home entertainment and
telecommunications services to
consumer and business customers
throughout the Republic of Malta
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IDIQ - History
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For example, GSA resold long-distance
telecommunications services, telephone
equipment, and professional services,
based on GSA IDIQ contracts with privatesector suppliers
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Internet telephony service provider
An 'Internet telephony service
provider' ('ITSP') offers digital
telecommunications services based
on Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
that are provisioned via the Internet.
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FCC Open Internet Order 2010 - Controversy
The court's decision emphasized the
FCC's distinction between information
services (broadband providers) and
telecommunications services, which are
treated as common carriers
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Verizon Communications Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission (2014) - Holding
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Since the FCC had previously classified
broadband providers as information
services and not telecommunications
services, they could not be regulated as
common carriers under Title II of the
Communications Act of 1934
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Verizon Communications Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission (2014) Commentary
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Legal scholar Annemarie Bridy predicted
that the case will force the FCC's hand in
reclassifying broadband providers as
telecommunications services, something
which the FCC has so far resisted doing
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National broadband plans from around the world - Colombia
To promote Information
technology|information technologies (IT)
and telecommunications services in rural
areas, Colombia's Ministry of Information
Technologies and Communications
developed a comprehensive ten-year
National IT plan
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Broadband universal service - United States
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* Increase nationwide
access to advanced
telecommunications
services
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Broadband universal service - United States
* Provide equitable and nondiscriminatory contributions from all
providers of telecommunications
services to the fund supporting
universal service programs
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Virgin Media - Virgin Media Business
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On 11 February 2010, ntl:Telewest
Business was rebranded as Virgin
Media Business, marking the end of
the NTL and Telewest brand being
used by the company. The company
provided dedicated internet and
telecommunications services to
businesses.
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Empresas Públicas de Medellín
EPM international: in Panama, the
company is implementing the Bonyic
hydroelectric project through its
affiliate Hidroecológica del Teribe. In
Guadalajara, Mexico, it is providing
advice and technical assistance for
the implementation of potable water,
sanitary sewers, and wastewater
treatment projects; and it is providing
telecommunications services in the
United States and Spain under the
brand UNE.
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Tiered service - History
1
This made Broadband service providers
information services instead of
telecommunications services
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National Broadband Plan (United States) - Schools
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Under the 1996 Telecommunications Act,
schools and libraries paid lower prices for
telecommunications services, and Obama
wanted the E-Rate program expanded to
include Internet access
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Net neutrality in Canada - History of net neutrality in Canada
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* promoting affordable access to advanced
telecommunications services in all regions
of Canada, including urban, rural and
remote areas
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Alfred E. Kahn - Work in deregulation
Kahn's strong advocacy of
deregulation stemmed largely from
his understanding as an economist of
marginal-cost theory. In his time at
the New York Public Service
Commission he was instrumental in
using marginal costs to help price
electricity and telecommunications
services; this was novel at the time but
is routinely performed today.
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Monaco Telecom - International development
In Afghanistan, which is currently
undergoing massive reconstruction,
Monaco Telecom also offers a range of
complementary telecommunications
services, including ISP data networks,
leased lines, call centres, and
emergency numbers.
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Internet censorship in Azerbaijan - Legal and regulatory frameworks
Even though Azerbaijan made
telecommunications and Internet
national development priorities, the
telecom regulatory framework
remains insufficiently developed. The
MCIT acts as both regulator and
operator. In 2008, the MCIT moved to
separate the two functions but has not
yet completed this process. Some
telecommunications services must be
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Internet censorship in Azerbaijan - Legal and regulatory frameworks
1
From a regulatory perspective, the Internet
is treated as mass media and included on
the list of telecommunications services
regulated by the 2005 Law on
Telecommunications
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Communication and Information Services Corps - Role
The DFTN provides advanced
telecommunications services including
desk to desk dialing and networked IT
services such as E mail, Internet and
Intranet access, as well as fax and
paging services
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Comverse Technology - Growth with wireless
1
In 1999, as it saw record earnings,
Comverse formed two wholly owned
subsidiaries, Comverse Network
Systems and Comverse Infosys,
representing the telecommunications
services platforms and products and
the digital monitoring and recording
products, respectively.
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EGovernment in Europe - Liechtenstein
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The Office of Communication (Amt für
Kommunikation) was instituted on 1
January 1999 constituting the
regulatory authority for
telecommunications services.Despite
the adoption of the Law on Electronic
Communication, Liechtenstein has not
yet fully implemented and applied the
2002 EU regulatory framework on
electronic communications
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Launceston, Tasmania - Utilities
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Like many Australian cities, several major
companies provide mobile
telecommunications services and wireless
internet services to Launceston.
Launceston's communication
infrastructure was upgraded in 1997
through the federal Networking the Nation
program. There are plans to upgrade
further to a fibre optic
network.[http://www.tecc.com.au/pages/La
unceston-City-Council-InvestigatesUnderground-Broadband-.html]
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South African wireless community networks
Wireless community networks are
particularly useful in areas where
commercial telecommunications services
are unavailable or unaffordable.
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Internet in Qatar - Penetration and usage
Qatar Telecom (Qtel) is the
telecommunications service provider
licensed by the ictQATAR|Supreme
Council of Information and Communication
Technology (ictQATAR) to provide both
fixed and mobile telecommunications
services.Qtel
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Internet in Bangladesh - National Internet Exchanges (NIXs) and International Internet
Gateways (IIGs)
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All ISPs and equivalent service providers in Bangladesh exchange traffic via two
systems, the National Internet Exchange (NIX) and International Internet
Gateways (IIGs).[http://www.btrc.gov.bd/policy/ILDTS_Policy_2007.pdf
International Long Distance Telecommunications Services (ILDTS) Policy-2007],
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC), accessed 27
September 2011[http://www.btrc.gov.bd/index.php/industry-focus/telecomsectors/icx-iig-and-igw IGW, ICX and IIG], Bangladesh Telecommunication
Regulatory Commission (BTRC), retrieved 29 August 2012 The IIGs provide global
Internet connectivity, while all domestic Internet traffic is routed via the NIX to
minimize usage of international bandwidth.[http://boi.gov.bd/keysectors/ict/telecoms-infrastructure Telecoms Infrastructure], Board of
Investment, Prime Minister's Office, Bangladesh The NIX consists of two
exchange points known as the Bangladesh Internet Exchange (BDIX) established
in August 2004 and operated by the Sustainable Development Networking
Programme and the Peering Society of
Bangladesh[https://prefix.pch.net/applications/ixpdir/detail.php?exchange_poi
nt_id=16 Internet Exchange Directory: Bangladesh Internet Exchange], Packet
Clearing House, Retrieved 10 September 2012 and the Bangladesh Society of
Internet Exchange (BSIX) established in May
2004.[https://prefix.pch.net/applications/ixpdir/detail.php?exchange_point_id=7
39 Bangladesh Society of Internet Exchange], Packet Clearing House, Retrieved 10
September 2012 In June 2012 the BTRC announced plans to issue an unrestricted
number of additional NIX licenses.[http://www.thefinancialexpressbd.com/more.php?date=2012-06-28news_id=134671 NIX guideline okayed], Jamal
Uddin, Financial Express, 28 June 2012 There are two IIGs in service operated by,
Mango Teleservices Limited[http://www.mango.com.bd Mango Teleservices
Limited], accessed 27 September
2011 and the government owned Bangladesh
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