...AT&T is a very large multinational corporation that focuses on telecommunication products. They were founded in 1893 in Alexander Graham Bell (who invented the telephone) and are headquartered in Dallas, TX. They have grown into being the #1 provider of wired telephony and #2 in mobile telephony in the United States. They are currently experiencing a dramatic shift in their market presence as landlines continue to decline as mobile and broadband are taking over as their main growth markets. AT&T’s relevant market has and always will be in telecommunications. Telecommunications can be defined as connecting individuals and information through means of technology such as airwaves and wires. Since being founded in the late 1800s, their main focus has been to connect people for voice calls. However, with the invention of the internet, they have begun to focus their expansion efforts on internet communications and connectivity. The market that AT&T operates in is growing through a huge transformation. Consumers these days are relying less on hardwired “landlines” and are focusing more on a mobile presence. This has caused AT&T’s phone business to focus their growth on mobile. AT&T is experiencing a radical shift in both of these markets. Like their competitors, their landline business has been on the decline over the last 10 years. This trend will definitely continue as less and less people are signing up for landlines as they feel that there is really no point in having a phone...
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...Every firm (small or large), cafe, restaurant are the active microeconomics households, which influence the situation of the whole ,market. It is possible, that a single small firm can produce high-quality wares which are praised by people and very soon other firms, which produce similar wares but of lower quality will possible bankrupt being unable to compete with that one (Howson, Cindy, Successful Business Intelligence 2013). With the run of time that small firm can turn into a great company or corporation and become a leading monopolistic on the market. This is why I have decided to research Time Warner Cable. The history of the company is unlike any other with their cutting edge digital technology, range of home entertainment and information choices for the whole family to enjoy, and superior customer service that demonstrates customer satisfaction is the company's number one priority. In the late 1940s, entrepreneurs using simple antennas an Army surplus coaxial cable created the country's first cable television system and revolutionized the way Americans watched television (Warner Sperling, Cass, The Brothers Warner 2008). More than 70 years later, Time Warner Cable (TWC), the second largest cable provider, owns and manages advanced, well clustered cable systems throughout the United States and is ready to embark on it's next life phase of merging with Charter Communications. With the spread of the medium of television in the years following World War II, entrepreneurs...
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...to come up with the top 10 forecasts. These predictions spanning across stakeholders in the telecom industry also explains why the forecasts, even if not spot on, have the merit to be taken seriously by the industry. www.voicendata.com/voice-data/news/164737/indias-telecom-trends-2012 1/7 11/6/13 India's Telecom Trends for 2012 - Voice&Data New Telecom Policy 2011 The new year 2012 could not have brought a better gift for the Indian telecom industry than a new set of policy guidelines, afresh with new ideas and equipped with measures, which promises to iron out many wrinkles that have been bothering the industry for so long. The NTP 2011 Draft Policy, expected to be on the roll in January 2012, stresses on 6 hot areas: Broadband, manufacturing, spectrum, licensing, grievance redressal, and cloud computing. If drafted properly, the New Telecom Policy 2011 (NTP 2011) will shape the future of telecom in the...
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...innovative and reliable networks survive. Verizon currently dominates the market and services 31.9% of American mobile users. The company was established in 2000 as a joint venture between Vodafone and Verizon Communications. One of the Verizon’s largest acquisitions was the purchase of Alltell Wireless in 2009 for $28.1 Billion; this purchase expanded their network coverage and increased their market share. Verizon operates a CDMA Radio network which does not require the use of SIM cards. The company’s service quality is a competitive advantage and Verizon invests about $5.7 Billion per year to expand and upgrade their network services. Verizon boasts “America’s largest and most reliable network” and has over 160.3 Million subscribers. They recently added the iPhone to their product line in early February which has allowed the company to take a significant portion of sales away from AT&T. Verizon is one of the most expensive networks and appeals to customers who are willing to pay a premium for advanced network technology. In other news the FCC has accused Verizon of illegally adding charges to customers’ bills. The company was ordered to repay $52.8 million in funds back to customers in early October of 2010. AT&T wireless is the second largest service provider with 98.6 Million users in the U.S., Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands. The company has a more economic pricing structure and promotes rollover minutes. AT&T operates a GSM network, which is...
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...Baseband vs. Broadband Data signals can be sent over a network cable in one of two ways: broadband or baseband. One good example of broadband signaling would be how you view different channels through your cable box and a signal coaxial cable carrying multiple signals in cable television. While, baseband signaling only sends a single signal over the cable. This type of signaling is typically used in Ethernet networks, with the exception of 10Broad3 standard. Baseband uses very simple transceiver devices that send and receive signals on a cable. The simplicity behind baseband signaling is that only three states need to be distinguished: one, zero and idle. Broadband transceivers are much more complex because they must be able to distinguish those same states, but on multiple channels within the same cable. Because of its simplicity, baseband signaling is used on most Ethernet networks. In a baseband transmission, the entire bandwidth of the cable is consumed by a single signal. In broadband transmission, signals are sent on multiple frequencies, allowing multiple signals to be sent simultaneously. Baseband refers to a message signal that is transmitted and broadband refers to send the message to everyone who is having a receiver. Baseband can carry both analog and digital signal where as broadband carries analog signal. Baseband is like point to point communication and broadband is point to multi-point communication. Baseband will carry single signal in a medium but broadband can carry...
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...GLOBE TELECOM CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Subject: Mgt 19B Corporate Social Responsibility Submitted by: Nica M.Cabigon Globe Telecom Inc. is a provider of telecommunications services. The Company operates mobile, fixed line and broadband networks providing communications services to individual customers, small and medium-sized businesses, and corporate and enterprise clients. It operates through mobile communications services and wireline communications services segments. The mobile communications services segment consists of digital cellular telecommunications services that allow subscribers to make and receive local domestic long distance and international long distance calls international roaming calls mobile data or Internet services and other value added services in any place within the coverage areas. The wireline communications services segment consists of fixed line telecommunications services which offer subscribers local domestic long distance and international long distance voice services in addition to broadband and fixed mobile Internet services and a range of value added services. Globe’s Corporate Social Responsibility Corporate Social Responsibility is already an integral part of Globe’s business strategy and operations. CSR helps them focus on what they are good at and what they are passionate to do. CSR also helps them save resources, minimize the unknown risks within value chain and helps safeguard and bolster Globe’s reputation. Ultimately...
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...Table of Contents Executive Summary 1 Introduction 1.1 Purpose 1.2 Method of investigation 1.3 Scope 5 8 2 Company Profile 2.1 MobileOne‟s operations 2.1.1 Mobile network 2.1.2 Broadband services 2.1.3 International services 2.2 History 2.3 Key Management of M1 2.4 MobileOne‟s Board of Directors 2.5 Ownership structure 2.6 Key Competition 2.6.1 SingTel Group 2.6.2 Starhub Ltd 2.7 Share Price Performance and Comparison 8 1|Page 3. Industry overview 3.1 Industry Market Share 3.2 Porter‟s Five Forces Analysis 3.2.1The threat of substitute products 3.2.2 The thread of new market entrants 3.2.3 The intensity of rival firms 3.2.4 Customers‟ bargaining power 3.2.5 Suppliers‟ bargaining power 3.3 SWOT analysis 3.3.1 Strengths 3.3.2 Weaknesses 3.3.3 Opportunities 3.3.4 Threats 3.4 Industry life cycle of M1 21 4. Current Issues 4.1 Global financial crisis 4.2 Government regulations 4.3 Government Initiatives – Lower corporate tax rates 4.4 Developments in Next Generation Broadband Network 4.5 Growth in mobile broadband market 4.6 Plans for overseas expansion 4.7 Cross content for Pay TV 2|Page 40 5. Financial Analysis 5.1 Internal liquidity rate 5.2 Turnover ratios 5.3 Operating profitability ratios 5.4 Debt ratios 5.5 Return on equity ratio 47 6. Company Valuation 6.1 Assumptions 6.1.1 Required rate of return (r) 6.1.2 Expected market return (Rm) 6.1.3 Risk free rate(RFR) 6.1.4 Beta (β) 6.1.5 Application of the CAPM 6.2 Estimated growth rate(g) 6.3 Dividend...
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...SWOT Analysis Of Verizon Communications Author DeVry University Instructor Principles of Management/MGMT-303ON Spring Session A March 22, 2008 Introduction As Stacy Collet stated, “In order to swat the competition you need to understand SWOT. SWOT stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats. It's a way to analyze a company's or a department's position in the market in relation to its competitors. The goal is to identify all the major factors affecting competitiveness before crafting a business strategy. “Verizon, formerly a Communications has now evolved into an Entertainment Company. Verizon now provides Telephone, Television and Internet services. (ComputerWorld, 2002) History Verizon Communications Inc., based in New York and incorporated in Delaware, was formed on June 30, 2000, with the merger of Bell Atlantic Corp. and GTE Corp. Verizon began trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the VZ symbol on Monday, July 3, 2000. The symbol was selected because it uses the two letters of the Verizon logo that graphically portray speed, while also echoing the genesis of the company name: veritas, the Latin word connoting certainty and reliability, and horizon, signifying forward-looking and visionary. While Verizon is truly a 21st century company, the mergers that formed Verizon were many years in the making, involving companies with roots that can be traced to the beginnings of the telephone...
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...SHERWOOD COLLEGE OF PROFESSIONAL MANAGEMENT A SUMMER TRANING REPORT ON “PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL” SUBMITTED IN THE PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR’S OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF:- Dr. Rajneesh Srivastava SUBMITTED BY:- ABHISHEK KUSHWAHA BBA-5 SEMESTER ROLL NO:- 11072101002 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I consider myself very fortunate to get the opportunity to conduct the training approval and project assignment by BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED (BSNL). I got opportunity to get a practical exposure into actual environment and it provides me the golden opportunity to make my theoretical concept of Recruitment and selection process in a more clear way. I am very much thankful to MR. J.P Tiwari for providing me the opportunity to do the training in the BSNL. Also, thankful to all the officials at BSNL for their cooperation during my training for providing me necessary information without which this project report would not have been completed. I have gone through various sites, Research Books, Magazines and Newspapers to get the accurate information for analysis and tried to find the best conclusion. ABHISHEK KUSHWAHA (BBA Vth SEM) PREFACE Summer training is the most vital part of an BBA course, both as a link between theory and actual industrial practices as well as an opportunity for hands on experience in corporate environment. I therefore, consider myself fortunate to receive...
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...Tenth Anniversary Edition Tenth Anniversary Edition TELECOMMUNICATIONS REGULATION HANDBOOK TELECOMMUNICATIONS REGULATION HANDBOOK The Telecommunications Regulation Handbook is essential reading for anyone involved or concerned by the regulation of information and communications markets. In 2010 the Handbook was fully revised and updated to mark its tenth anniversary, in response to the considerable change in technologies and markets over the past 10 years, including the mobile revolution and web 2.0. The Handbook reflects modern developments in the information and communications technology sector and analyzes the regulatory challenges ahead. Designed to be pragmatic, the Handbook provides a clear analysis of the issues and identifies the best regulatory implementation strategies based on global experience. February 2011 – SKU 32489 Edited by Colin Blackman and Lara Srivastava Tenth Anniversary Edition TELECOMMUNICATIONS REGULATION HANDBOOK Edited by Colin Blackman and Lara Srivastava Telecommunications Regulation Handbook Tenth Anniversary Edition Edited by Colin Blackman and Lara Srivastava ©2011 The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank, InfoDev, and The International Telecommunication Union All rights reserved 1 2 3 4 14 13 12 11 This volume is a product of the staff of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank, InfoDev, and The International Telecommunication...
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...government's ``anti-cherry picking'' legislation will unfairly prevent rivals competing with the national broadband network. In an attack on the government's $36 billion scheme, Mr Hackett said there were still a number of problems with the company, including questions surrounding what the majority of staff did. He said NBN Co had grown its employee base considerably but he could not figure out ``what 90 per cent of those employees do, given that most of the construction is handled by contractors''. ``Solving a problem by throwing more people at it is not a good example of cost control,'' he said. The three-year roll-out plan released last month is not an indication of where the NBN will be connected, he said, but more a promise that construction will commence in those areas in the next three years. Mr Hackett also noted the inconsistency of the anti-cherry-picking laws as they exempt wireless ISPs. Business-centric wireless ISP BigAir can continue setting up 1Gbps wireless broadband links and not be affected by those laws. Neither BigAir nor Internode are big enough to impact NBN viability, Mr Hackett said. ``We are not a threat, (anti-cherry-picking laws) are actually busted and need to go away,'' he said. ``The problem it was originally set up to solve was solved commercially in those two big deals with Telstra and Optus. What is left is just a threat to innovation.'' Opposition broadband spokesman Malcolm Turnbull yesterday backed Mr Hackett's comments. ``These cherry-picking laws will...
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...cable industry primarily Cox Cable, Comcast, and TimeWarner Cable, but there are others). Prepare a report of about 600 words in which you outline and analyze the strengths and weaknesses that Covads has with respect to each of these competitors. Strengths 1. Covad’s ClearEdge Pro is a fully hosted network-based VoIP service for customers with 10 to 250 users per site. The service makes the jump to VoIP easy for small companies that have not invested in an IP-based phone system and for mid-sized companies that must connect branch offices and want to offer a consistent feature set across all locations. ClearEdge Pro is compatible with IP handsets from Cisco, Polycom, and LG, as well as traditional analog handsets. 2. Covad ClearEdge IA is premises-based solution that works with customers’ existing PBX or key telephone system to deliver unlimited local and long-distance minutes, high-speed T1 broadband, dynamic bandwidth allocation, and e-mail and Web hosting services. ClearEdge IA allows the customers to set a “Business Continuity” feature to remain available to callers during power failures, outages, or when all office lines are busy. Covad’s ClearEdge Pro is a fully hosted network-based VoIP service for customers with 10 to 250 users per site. The service makes the jump to VoIP easy for small companies that have not invested in an IP-based phone system and for mid-sized companies that must connect branch offices and want to offer a consistent feature set across all locations...
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...LYT2 Task 2 Western Governors University Part A - Technological Solutions for NHS, Inc. 1. DSL Technology Sims, J. (September 13, 2014). The Future of DSL. Retrieved September 14, 2015 from http://www.highspeedexperts.com/future-of-dsl/. Solution - This article describes the DSL technologies that are available and which direction most companies are going with. DSL services offer much higher speeds than a typical dial-up solution while utilizing the existing phone lines to transfer data. With this technology there are two main DSL options that are available. SDSL (Symmetrical Digital Subscriber Line) is an older technology which is targeted at businesses and enterprises that offers equal and fast upstream and downstream speeds. The other option is VDSL which is a faster solution for larger businesses. Use - VDSL (Very high speed Digital Subscriber Line) is the dominant DSL technology at the moment. VDSL is also in its 2nd generation which is referred to as VDSL2 which offers speeds of 100 Mbps downstream and 20 Mbps upstream. GDSL (Gigabit Digital Subscriber Line) is the upcoming technology that is promising but the specifications are still being proposed and debated. Application - DSL technology is a solution that NHS, Inc. can utilize given that all their clinics are supplied or are in reach of a landline telephone company and have the infrastructure in place. DSL would also be fast enough to handle the 100MB of files being transferred...
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... Financial Outcomes for Verizon Communications Verizon communication is a global leader in delivering broadband and other wireless and wireline communications services to consumer, business, and government and wholesale customers. Verizon Wireless operates America’s most reliable wireless network, with 107.7 million total connections as of September 30, 2011. Verizon also provide converged communications, information and entertainment services over America’s most advanced fiber-optic network, and deliver integrated business solutions to customers around the world. A Dow 30 company, we employed a diverse workforce of approximately 195,400 as of September 30, 2011, and generated consolidated revenues of $82.4 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2011(Verizon Communications, 2011). In 2011, chairman and CEO Ivan Seidenberg discussed in his annual report one financial initiative Verizon was working on in 2011. Mr. Seidenberg stated “We have a vision of the future based on expanding markets and mobility, broadband and video. We invest capital in network technologies that put us in the center of these growth markets,” (Seidenberg, 2010). In 2011, one initiative Verizon will be working on is to invest capital to expand in the mobile, broadband and video markets. Team A will compare and contrast the potential initiative Verizon has stated for 2011. Team A will also evaluate the information and make a determination...
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...Dial-up access over traditional phone lines is based on the same model as DSL—a home modem connects over a phone line to a modem in the ISP. Compared with DSL and other broadband access networks, dial-up access is excruciatingly slow at 56 kbps. 3. Cable to HFC: residential; While DSL makes use of the telco’s existing local telephone infrastructure, cable Internet access makes use of the cable television company’s existing cable television infrastructure. A residence obtains cable Internet access from the same company that provides its cable television. Each neighborhood junction typically supports 500 to 5,000 homes. Because both fiber and coaxial cable are employed in this system, it is often referred to as hybrid fiber coax (HFC). * For use at firms or enterprise access 4. 100 Mbps switched Etherent Ethernet is by far the most prevalent access technology in corporate, university, and home networks. The Ethernet switch, or a network of such interconnected switches, is then in turn connected into the larger Internet. With Ethernet access, users typically have 100 Mbps access to the Ethernet switch, whereas servers may have 1 Gbps or even 10 Gbps access. 5. Wireless LAN In a wireless LAN setting, wireless users transmit/receive packets to/from an access point that is connected into the enterprise’s network (most likely...
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