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Other People's Work Is Never Easy or People Like to Be Included In.

Mike Cardus

Powered by WordPress. Well the reception staff wanted a wireless printer, I made an appointment with Steve to talk about this, see what model and set-up systems would work best for the area and needs…and then when I introduced the idea in an operations team meeting. All rights reserved. Tell me about that.” Do what more often?”

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In FCC's Report on Wireless Competition, an Agenda?

Harvard Business Review

Every year since 1995, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has released a report on the state of competition in the wireless market. In fact, direct evidence regarding the state of competition in the wireless ecosystem is easy to obtain and clear in its implications. If firms are not exercising market power, competition reigns.

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The Industries Apple Could Disrupt Next

Harvard Business Review

About a decade ago, wireless carriers like AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint tightly controlled the wireless telecom value chain through the critical asset – so-called “walled gardens” they had placed around their service that prevented users from putting any nonauthorized content on their phones. for three years.

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Telecom's Competitive Solution: Outsourcing?

Harvard Business Review

The telecom industry has changed, and the industry dynamics will continue to shift under the pressure from social media and the power of the consumer. For example, AT&T had to spend almost $18 billion in a single year to upgrade its wireless networks to handle the onslaught of new traffic. The trend is spreading.

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Big Companies Can Unleash Innovation, Rather than Shackle It

Harvard Business Review

In late 2010 I visited The Mission Hospital (TMH) in Durgapur, a modest town by Indian standards (population about 1 million), nestled in India's northeast corner, near Bangladesh. Healthy Heart's first implant occurred in September 2010. And, of course, it would have to learn how to operate in India, a notoriously complex market.

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Why Google Fiber Is High-Speed Internet’s Most Successful Failure

Harvard Business Review

In 2010, Google rocked the $60 billion broadband industry by announcing plans to deploy fiber-based home internet service, offering connections up to a gigabit per second — 100 times faster than average speeds at the time. PM Images/Getty Images. A shift in competition and investor mindsets.