Mobile phones, along with the increased usage of VoIP services have resulted in continual declines in landline connections over the last several years.
The aim of the Directory is to increase the visibility and ease of use of open access scientific and scholarly journals thereby promoting their increased usage and impact.
Despite falling prices for high-speed bandwidth and wireless service, telecom budgets keep growing because of increased usage and new services such as virtual private networks, voice-mail storage and Web hosting.
This could result in bicycles that are more comfortable, encouraging increased usage, and more accessible, allowing a wider variety of individuals (including those with certain physical disabilities) the ability to utilize this healthier form of transportation.
"Such increased usage has been compounded by an increase in the HGV weight limit to 44 tonnes and a move to super-single high-pressure tyres, which all adds to the damage caused to the bridge's road surfaces, " Mr Colford said.
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The culprit was increased mobile usage, which was leading to user growth outpacing ad revenue growth, as the company had explained in a recent S-1 filing update.
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The proxy also revealed that Zuckerberg's pay package last year rose 16 percent because of increased personal usage of jets chartered by the company as part of his security program.
But he is able to show support for increased natural gas usage as it has wider appeal and it would displace coal consumption.
Due to population increases and increased per capita usage of water as a result of lifestyle changes, the proportion of water needed for human use is increasing.
Also, as social media usage increased (primarily Facebook) over time by respondents, there was a measurable decline in specific product brand preferences in a majority of the product brand categories covered in the study.
Although the total amount (weight) of herbicides used with (and without) genetically engineered, herbicide-tolerant crops in the United States may have increased relative to usage levels 10 years ago, there has been a concomitant shift to more environmentally benign, rapidly degraded herbicides.
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The total volume of herbicides used with genetically engineered, herbicide-tolerant crops in the United States may have increased relative to usage levels 10 years ago, but because the herbicides used with genetically engineered, herbicide-tolerant technology are less harmful to the environment than the ones they have replaced, the increase in amount used is inconsequential.
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Zetia usage has increased since, because doctors still use it when Lipitor or Crestor is not enough.
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Current research indicates that over 75% of today's tablet owners have increased their mobile device usage over the traditional laptop or desktop computer for both work and play.
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Greater Wi-Fi availability naturally leads to more Wi-Fi usage, which prompts an increased demand for faster mobile data connections, he added.
As we ve increased functionality for gaming, we ve seen usage increase on both sides of the house.
Aetna (AET) announced that fourth-quarter profit increased by 73 percent, due to low usage of medical services and other expenses being cut.
The usage stats for April show that Nokia has increased its share of the Windows Phone market to 80%, up from about 78% a month ago.
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Compared to uses on the slower 3G network, data usage on 4G is expected to be high - potentially leading to increased costs for users who wish to download a lot of data-intensive content such as audio or video.
Phone usage was so high for T that it crashed its network even as it garnered increased market share.
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Revenue and earnings were hammered by the recession, as usage of steel by automakers and in the construction industry plummeted, and competition from China increased.
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