There was intense competition between the rival companies to get the contract.

为得到这份合同，各不相让的两家公司展开了激烈的竞争。

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Rival companies have also introduced tablets but lack the hype that guarantees Apple mountains of free publicity.

竞争对手虽然已经推出平板电脑，但是缺乏炒作，这给苹果的宣传炒作留出了很大的空间。

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Telmex has been equally successful at fending off attempts to grant rival companies access to its network of copper wires, which serve 18m customers.

Telmex也成功的阻止了让竞争公司使用其铜缆网络的企图，该铜缆网络为1800万用户服务。

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This would give rival companies a better idea of what the FDA wants, speeding drug development.

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While it struggled, rival companies--and some bigger players--started dabbling with e-paper and display technology.

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But now researchers at rival companies are openly questioning whether the compounds will work.

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