Operators cut capital expenditure and offered unlimited, flat-rate plans, only to be caught out when demand finally took off.

运营商们消减资本支出和提供无限制固定收费计划，直到无线上网需求最终上升了，才意识到犯的错误。

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To secure exclusive rights to the iPhone, it acceded to Apple’s demand that the device come with a simple, flat-rate plan.

为了保证拥有iPhone的上网独家权，美国电报电话公司同意满足苹果的需求，同它达成一个简单的固定价格计划。

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Operators cut capital expenditure and offered unlimited, flat-rate plans, only to be caught out when demand finally took off.

ECONOMIST: Saturated mobile networks

To secure exclusive rights to the iPhone, it acceded to Apple's demand that the device come with a simple, flat-rate plan.

ECONOMIST: Saturated mobile networks

Healthcare sales fell at an underlying rate of 1% from a year earlier, while overall lighting sales were flat due to weak demand from the construction sector.

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