Cantalupo took Roberts' mystery-shopper idea--which many operators thought was designed to punish them--and made the data more operator-friendly.
In 1973 he cofounded Mitel, which pioneered electronic switching systems that allowed for operator-free PBXs and touch-tone phone sets.
And eventually, a telephone operator -- a telegraph operator sent out a simple message to the cheers of a waiting nation.
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The telephone-equipment companies want voice dialling (useful in cars), automatic call-centres, computerised operator-services and messaging that allows users to pick up and send e-mails and faxes on an ordinary telephone anywhere in the world.
When a patient calls 111, an operator - who is trained in the same way as a 999 operator - can send out an ambulance, put someone straight through to a nurse, book an out-of-hours GP appointment, or direct the caller to a pharmacist or dentist.
Neither model bodes well for the hotspot-operator start-ups now trying to capture the Wi-Fi market.
Mr Chalopin, who lives in Beijing, claims to be the first owner-operator to fly a foreign-registered aircraft in China.
But they are hardly the only high-end tour operator running Tour-related trips.
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The parent of America's fourth-largest wireless operator, T-Mobile USA, cited "the extremely competitive environment in Germany and the recent foreign exchange rates development" as reasons for altering its outlook.
Meanwhile Clean Energy has teamed up with truck stop operator Pilot-Flying J to build a border-to-border network (to include these GE Micro LNG plants) by the end of 2013.
Then, each critical-infrastructure operator would have a third-party, commercial auditor assess its cybersecurity risk mitigation plans.
It may also be due partly to prejudice: Mr Cardoso is an ex-professor, Mr da Silva a former lathe operator and trade-union leader who never went to university.
Shares in the health-club operator soared to a nearly four-year high Tuesday following speculation on a takeover bid.
Wales and Borders - the operator responsible for Cardiff Central station - and rail companies announced they would severely cut journeys on the evening of the Six Nations clash on 22 February.
WorldCom's attempt to merge with Sprint, a long-distance operator, in 2000 was rejected as anti-competitive, since it would have created a giant with huge market power.
ConocoPhillips, the Houston-based operator of the wells in the Penglai 19-3 field, says only 1, 500 barrels of oil had been released in the incidents and that both leaks have been brought under control.
In the 11-state Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator grid, coal-plant utilization has fallen to 45 to 55 percent from 70 to 80 percent in 2010-11, according to RBN, a Houston-based energy market-research firm.
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Now, Workday is a full-blown enterprise resource planning (ERP) operator, providing must-have functions like human resources, payroll and financials.
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He is chief executive of the largest U.S. operator of full-service restaurants, Darden Restaurants.
They express confidence in the ability of the PE owner-operator model to generate superior returns.
Only the giant supermarket operator, Ito-Yokado, came close to having a fully-funded pension plan.
That's below the 4.5 percent increase analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expected the warehouse club-operator to report.
Ford is working on hybrid vehicles with Toyota, once a lone wolf but now a keen co-operator.
Two drivers working for a UK operator, TGM - which is based in County Durham - were also onboard.
Then he tried his hand as a franchisee for another Quebec operator, Provi-Soir, but chafed at the corporate mandates.
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That management structure never seems to work as well as having an owner-operator at the counter to oversee the help.
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Nucor ( NUE) is the largest U.S. operator of mini-mills, smaller steel facilities that use scrap as their raw material.
System designers now have the flexibility to choose from multiple embedded Gobi solutions, ranging from 3G through high-speed, multi-operator 4G LTE.
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It is a developer and operator of high-quality student housing communities that owns 160 student housing properties containing about 98, 800 beds.
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