Also, Apple officially began offering iPhones via a second carrier partner, China Mobile, at the end of Q2.
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Line sharing is the practice of one carrier running high-speed DSL service on a phone line while a second carrier supplies regular phone service on the same line.
One solution would be for Britain not to sell the second carrier it is currently building, which at present seems its likely fate, but to operate it on a timeshare basis with the French.
The deployment of a second aircraft carrier to the Gulf has also been cancelled.
Companies like Air Berlin, Germany's second biggest carrier, have been severely affected by the delays and are suing for lost revenues.
Air Berlin, Germany's second largest carrier after Lufthansa, has only been a member of Oneworld since March last year and if it were ever to leave, the alliance wouldn't let it go quietly.
Mr Hogan confirmed to the BBC that his airline was "evaluating" whether to take a stake in India's second largest carrier, Jet Airways, following the Indian government's relaxation of rules governing foreign direct investment.
Virgin Atlantic has a new code share with Russia's second largest carrier Transaero Airlines, which allows travellers to fly direct into Moscow from London on a Virgin issued ticket and connects US cities including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston and Orlando via London to Moscow.
But even a relatively elderly, second-hand carrier is both expensive to refit and even more expensive to protect, once it is out at sea.
The second largest wireless carrier in the U.S. reported a healthy 2.6% y-o-y growth in revenues, excluding the impact of its Yellow Pages business which was sold off in Q2.
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Last year GOL, the country's second-largest carrier and itself a budget airline, quietly bought the remnants of VARIG, the national airline that had imploded after the government refused to save it.
The second largest wireless carrier in the U.S. recently announced the addition of 14 new markets to its growing LTE coverage, taking its total tally to 175 and boosting its population coverage to over 170 million.
Last quarter, the second largest wireless carrier in China saw its net profits rise by almost 90% year-over-year as 3G revenues grew strongly and subsidies were reigned in by lower dependence on expensive smartphones such as the iPhone.
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Eager to remake a second rate legacy carrier that was always in bankruptcy, they ripped out first class seats from many planes, and then in the ones where they maintained first class, it was no longer an option for their best customers to be upgraded.
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Despite these considerations, some observers believe the Navy is under so much pressure to save money in the near term that it will delay construction of the second Ford-class carrier by two years.
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By relabeling its existing 3G network, the country's second-largest wireless carrier joined the noisy fray over so-called fourth-generation wireless technology, which promises mobile Internet speeds so fast that huge files can be downloaded in minutes and streaming video can be watched without the interruptions of earlier-generation technologies.
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Allegiant joins Spirit Airlines as the second U.S. carrier to implement fees for carry-on luggage.
Supplies -- such as food, clothing and letters -- are sent down to the miners via metal cylinders known as "carrier pigeons" through the second bore hole.
The second largest U.S. wireless carrier recently filed applications with the FCC, requesting approval to swap wireless spectrum with T-Mobile in 55 markets across 17 states.
The second largest U.S. wireless carrier made a series of launches late last week that helped it reach its targeted year-end LTE coverage of 150 million Americans more than a month ahead of schedule.
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Unlike a lot of Carrier workers who bought boats and second homes when the money was good, he and his wife never lived beyond their means.
Perhaps the most dramatic example of changes in the market is Air Berlin, which has swallowed several smaller carriers to emerge as Germany's second airline and the third-biggest budget carrier in Europe.
The 4G wireless carrier late yesterday produced results for the second quarter that reflected a larger loss than expected.
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Alaska Airlines topped the traditional carrier rankings, with Delta Air Lines in second place.
The decision would leave the navy without a carrier able to operate strike aircraft until the second of two new carriers enters service in 2020.
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The largest wireless carrier in the world took the market by surprise for the second consecutive month, announcing the addition of a staggering 7.05 million net 3G subscribers in January.
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The US Navy has a carrier battle group in the Gulf - centred on the USS Carl Vinson - and a second, with the USS Enterprise , in the Arabian Sea.
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