The money from the investment was to installnewequipment and improve technology at the facility, which is the largest pig processing plant on the island of Ireland.
Software companies such as AutoGrid are selling their software and services in ways that minimize the need for a utility to buy and installnewequipment and hire more workers.
Under the FAA's current molasses-like bureaucratic procedures, it takes anywhere from 5 to 8 years to installnew equipment--this in an era where new computer electronics systems come along every 18 to 24 months.
T-Mobile has been planning and testing the new network since 2004, and Dotson says advanced planning has allowed the company to already install half of the required equipment it will need in New York.