these numbers they are not charged for long-distance but rather the business is charged as a subscriber of the WATS service (Rouse, 2006). Beginning in 1988, LDDS began growing through the acquisition of other companies such as Telephone Management Corp., National Telecommunications, IDB WorldCom, and WilTel Network Services (Internet Services, 2011). In 1989, LDDS went public through the acquisition of Advantage Companies Inc.
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Fiber is Basis of Info Highway Table of Contents Title Page1 Table of contents2 Article Review…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..3-4 Companies Review....................................................................................................................................5-7 Works Cited8 The article “Fiber is Basis of Info Highway”; written by: Mathew Ingram for the Globe and Mail; is about the race to cover the globe with fiber optic cable. The author talks about
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Recommendations Strategic implementation and desired results Annual objectives (goal) and polices Evaluation Procedure Wednesday, March 23, 2005 © 2005 Tony Gauvin, UMFK Verizon Overview Verizon Communications Inc. is a provider of communications services with four operating segments: Domestic Telecom Domestic Telecom services principally represent Verizon's telephone operations that provide local telephone services in 29 states and the District of Columbia
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Verizon Global Environment Verizon Communications Inc. (Verizon) is a communications services provider. The company offers a range of broadband, wireless, and wire line services to business, government and wholesale customers. The company’s service include wireless voice, data services and other and voice, internet access, broadband video and data, Internet protocol network services, network access and other services. Verizon provides converged communications, information and entertainment services
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Early investor Bernard Ebbers was named CEO the following year. Through acquisitions and mergers, LDDS grew quickly over the next 15 years. The company changed its name to WorldCom, achieved a worldwide presence, acquired telecommunications giant MCI, and eventually expanded beyond long distance service to offer the whole range of telecommunications services. WorldCom became the second-largest long-distance telephone company in America, and the firm seemed poised to become one of the largest telecommunications
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Bernard Ebbers became CEO of LDDS, in which by 1989 it merged with Advantage Companies, Inc, and then in 1992 it merged with Advanced Telecommunications Corp. With these two mergers WorldCom Inc. grew into a large company with in the US and globally as well (Pandey & Verma, 2004). It was not until WorldCom Inc merged with MCI Communication Corp. that it began to have business with over 280 countries and locations worldwide (Pandey & Verma, 2004). WorldCom was listed as one of the Fortune 500 Company
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WHY THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT CAME ABOUT OR HOW TO COOK THE BOOKS The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Sarbox, or SOX) was enacted on July 30, 2002, to protect the general public and shareholders from accounting errors, unethical behavior, and corporate scandal. There are 11 titles that include the requirements for reporting, retention period for records storage, management of electronic records, and standards for external auditors. The act is supervised by the Public Company Accounting Oversight
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MasterCard Incorporated Company Profile Publication Date: 17 Jun 2011 www.datamonitor.com Europe, Middle East & Africa 119 Farringdon Road London EC1R 3DA United Kingdom t: +44 20 7551 9000 f: +44 20 7551 9090 e: euroinfo@datamonitor.com Americas 245 5th Avenue 4th Floor New York, NY 10016 USA t: +1 212 686 7400 f: +1 212 686 2626 e: usinfo@datamonitor.com Asia Pacific Level 46 2 Park Street Sydney, NSW 2000 Australia t: +61 2 8705 6900 f: +61 2 8088 7405 e: apinfo@datamonitor.com MasterCard
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WorldCom/MCI filed the largest Chapter 11 bankruptcy in American history in July 2002. The company used fraudulent accounting methods, namely underreporting expenses and inflating revenues with bogus accounting entries, to hide its declining financial condition between 1999 and 2002. An internal audit uncovered approximately $3.8 billion in fraud in June 2002, and in 2003, it was estimated that the company's total assets had been inflated by around $11 billion. Verizon Communications purchased the
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Enron Case: Enron is known for the world’s biggest scandal in the history of American business. In Dec 2001, Enron Corp filed for bankruptcy. The major factors that led to the dissolution of Enron Corporation are the shortfall of business ethics of Enron’s management, accountants, auditors, board of directors and consultants. Off balance sheet arrangements made transactions between Enron and its partners were not clear and transparent. Between 1993 and 2001, Enron created over 3,000 SPEs that
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