This, it claims, has boosted its prestige no end, won it new customers and increased business from existing ones.
Lees said during the year it won new export customers in Kuwait, France, USA and Australia.
Feddis adds that if it seems likely that customers won't be able to pay their debts, it's in no one's interest for them to continue racking up charges.
Google (nasdaq: GOOG - news - people )'s--IBM is also telling users that it won't sift through customers' data to learn about them.
It's not clear if any of these specific deals alone won customers for the carriers, but it certainly hasn't hurt.
"Suffice it say that Google has won some big customers lately, " including retailer Costco Wholesale Corp.
Last spring it won permission to inspect the records of customers of PayPal, eBay's online payment system, who have bank or payment-card accounts in tax havens.
She added that "customers won't allow it, employees won't allow it, suppliers won't allow it".
Say you're selling compact disks online: Many customers won't make it through all the steps it takes to seal the deal.
Since there's a counterparty on the other end of every trade made by Goldman Sachs, it won't always be easy to discern trades made for customers versus those made for Goldman.
If European politicians don't begin to tackle the laborious task of creating polities based on popular consultation and accountability, the EU will ultimately founder--and it won't be because some local restaurant is fleecing confused customers.
Progress in empowering customers won't be smooth or even, but it will happen.
Pramana, which means "proof of reality" in Hindi, is currently in "stealth" mode, and won't reveal much about its customers or just how it works.
Because consumers won't experience direct benefits, it is important that carriers make sure customers don't have dropped calls or service interruptions during the transition.
WSJ: U.S. Wireless Carriers Move to New Technology��For Voice
While Liquid Robotics won fans among military officers and scientists, it had little luck initially in luring commercial customers.
FORBES: Why Climate Scientists, Oil Drillers And The Military Are Clamoring For Green Ocean Robots
Now he is bracing for that rate to double and says it could rise from there--and if his customers don't close, he won't get paid.
If you're shopping online, it won't push you toward the next dress in the collection, or even something that other customers looked at.
The easy set-up reduces the time for installation appointments because technicians won't need to rewire or add outlets, and it's also simple for existing customers to add a wireless receiver on their own.
ENGADGET: AT&T U-verse set-tops go wireless, free you to herniate yourself moving your HDTV around
It will affect the de facto "license" of a business to operate--a license that customers won't hesitate to revoke.
应用推荐