Compared to the fourth quarter of 2010, total revenues changed due primarily to contract customer losses as described above.
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Net branded contract customer losses were 364, 000 in the fourth quarter of 2010.
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Sequentially and year-on-year, quarterly service revenues decreased primarily due to contract customer losses, which were partially offset by the increased adoption of data plans in the contract and prepaid customer base.
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Branded contract net customer losses, excluding connected devices, were 706, 000 in the fourth quarter of 2011, a decline of 317, 000 net branded contract customer losses from 389, 000 in the third quarter of 2011.
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The year-over-year change in branded contract gross customer additions resulted in part from competitive pressures and the implementation of strengthened credit standards as part of T-Mobile USA's focus on improving the overall quality of its contract customer base.
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Contract net customer losses, including connected devices (as defined in Note 1 to the Selected Data, below), were 802, 000 in the fourth quarter of 2011, compared to 186, 000 net contract customer losses in the third quarter of 2011 and 251, 000 net contract customer losses in the fourth quarter of 2010.
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Most of what a government needs to know is to be found in the mobile-phone contract every customer signs.
No exceptions are provided, unlike rules in other jurisdictions such as the EU where sharing customer information is permitted without consent if it is necessary to complete the sales contract between the customer and the company.
"We want to have an honest contract with our customer, " said Mr. Raider.
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Clearly getting a new customer contract is a measure of success.
The first customer contract is the hardest to sign.
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If the customer accepts the offer and signs the contract, the pawn broker sends the customer funds via bank transfer.
Like all Mobilicity devices, it does not come with a handset tab credit check, nor does it come with a contract to lock a customer into a multi-year service plan, as is often the case with Canada's incumbent carriers.
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Foxconn, the contract manufacturer whose biggest customer is Apple, is preparing genuinely representative labour union elections in its factories in China for the first time, a powerful sign of the changes in the workshop of the world demanded by an increasingly restive workforce.
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True Agilists value individuals and interactions over processes and tools, working software over comprehensive documentation, customer collaboration over contract negotiation, responding to change over following a plan.
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But Credit Suisse analyst John Pitzer took a closer look at this issue, and makes a case in a research note issued this morning that there are reasons to think it would be a smart move for Intel to move into contract manufacturing with Apple as a customer.
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Meaning: You get in the door with a contract to manage some aspect of a customer's business then go for additional work, including traditional computer outsourcing.
Prior to serving as a VP and Principal Analyst at Forrester for enterprise apps strategy and contract negotiations, he headed up the customer relationship management (CRM) analyst relations program for PeopleSoft.
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Although the company did not detail the connection with Thailand, JDSU is a customer of the optical products contract manufacturer Fabrinet, which has suffered considerable flood damage as its facilities in Thailand.
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The first customer to sign a Cray XC30 contract was HLRS in Stuttgart back in 2010.
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The reward for his (and his company's) labors: A new five-year sales contract with the same (previously) disgruntled customer.
Mr. Glueck says because Skyfire is by contract liable for legal costs stemming from a customer's use of its product, he essentially had to put his software on hold with customers until the lawsuit was resolved late last year.
They then designed a two-stage analysis to factor in a customer's tendency to pick one contract over another.
The United Nations Secretariat has cancelled its contract, as has State Farm Insurance, a longstanding customer.
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And, for the customer, the benefits of having a single contract with one set of wording and terms should not be underestimated.
In the U.S. market, phone companies typically subsidize much of the cost of a smartphone to keep the price down as long as a customer signs up for a two-year contract.
Angel said it was nearing the end of negotiations with a "sizeable customer" on a long-term supply contract for materials supplied directly from ABL. The group expects other contracts to follow.
Oracle is retraining most of its salesforce in e-business technology and business practices in the hope that, now that they no longer have to haggle over contract terms, they can spend more time understanding the customer and the technology.
Cisco Systems was a pioneer in fabless electronic gear, taking advantage of the internet to connect customer orders directly to the shipping docks of its contract manufacturers.
Moreover, while Rackspace customer contracts are generally one year, Rackspace assumes no contract for planning purposes to maintain a conservative approach.
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