With these gains, firms expect to offer better service to customers and returns to investors.
One reason to consolidate: Companies are offering more freebies, advice and service to customers with large balances.
Some VoIP vendors, including 8x8 (nasdaq: EGHT - news - people ), already offer 911 service to customers.
It also expands the availability of Medicaid and restricts the ability of insurers to refuse service to customers with pre-existing conditions.
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Brand X started off selling dial-up service to customers, but as the Internet grew the company began offering broadband options as well.
The cable industry's fight to prevent phone companies from delivering TV service to customers is but the latest example of this deadly obtuseness.
LightSquared's network will provide a robust, open-access network that will permit reliable and affordable service to customers across the country in every market segment.
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The companies said the deal is expected to create a more efficient and competitive company that will provide greater value to shareholders and better service to customers.
While the first transcontinental railroad was a financial disaster for both investors and U.S. taxpayers, the line continued to provide valuable service to customers even after going into receivership.
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But other operators have been unable to offer the service to customers who want it, because they would first have to modify BT's local phone exchange to install the new system.
We have an amazing team that is dedicated to making Paga a success and is singularly focused on providing a world class service to customers while constantly innovating new products and services to meet their needs.
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But they are now trying to expand their portfolio and try to sell defence and service solutions to customers all around the world.
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One good way to get such loyal customers is to keep your employees happy who will, in turn, deliver great service to your customers.
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Together, JiWire and AWG enable venues to deliver Wi-Fi as a free value-added service to their customers supported by the platform's ability to generate significant advertising revenue.
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"Every major organisation in the commercial sector has spent the last generation... trying to be more effective in delivering service to its customers and at the same time bring down costs, there is no reason for the public sector to be any different, " he explained.
Richard Alfonsi, Twitter's vice president of global online sales, says Twitter needs to do more to educate small businesses on the benefits of using its service to reach potential customers and on the most effective ways to use the service.
Companies will be forced to create more compelling product offerings and deliver valuable service to their customers.
"We are working to restore normal service to all customers as quickly as possible, " said the spokesperson.
The company faces big bills to buy the infrastructure it needs to offer wireless service to new customers.
Zane is talking to telecom providers and other big firms about offering the service to their customers and employees.
It should also help that the company has stepped up investments to improve service to keep customers in the fold.
The findings illustrate the challenges facing Twitter in demonstrating to small-business owners the benefits of using the short-messaging service to reach customers.
One company, Compliant Phones is already working with Vodafone to provide international transparent service to its customers at reduced rates, much like Truphone.
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So how can businesses deliver world-class customer service to their customers?
Existing products will be adapted and the savings gained by not using the special software, will enable us to provide a full service to our customers.
The Adventure Project works with on-the-ground partners who then manufacture and distribute a poverty-alleviating product or service tailored to customers at the bottom of the consumer pyramid.
"We now need more people who are friendly, helpful and enthusiastic and who thrive under pressure to ensure we deliver consistently great service to our customers, " he said.
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That crisis is not simply that universities are finding their finances strained but rather is evidenced by the extraordinary escalation of the price of their service to its customers.
"If we are going to meet our commitment to deliver the highest quality of service to our customers it is vital we push ahead with our modernisation programme, " she said.
The company also has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in fiber-optic communications to provide broadband service to business customers, Azarbad said, and that investment is showing the first signs of paying off while capital expenditures tail off.
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