These types of solutions require real-time QOS decisions, perhaps based on distributed charging models, requiring an online dialogue when the system detects a problem or opportunity to offer better QOS. Service data flow detection could also help determine the value of a particular service at a particular instant.
These, Gale figured, would provide cash flow to service debt on the park buildings.
The question investors have to ask themselves is, will CenturyTel be able to generate enough cash flow to service its ballooning debt load?
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The service has created a flow of communication amongst people around the world that could never have been imagined only a few short years ago.
The message is upbeat, with Judson floating the idea of taking the company private, while batting away concerns over shrinking cash flow to service debt.
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For private equity investors, the final test is whether a venture will generate sufficient cash flow to service the debt they plan to pile on it in order to pay themselves big dividends and recoup their initial investment--to "get their bait back, " in Wall Street parlance.
Coke has plenty of cash flow for debt service but Apple boasts the far superior balance sheet.
After all, maintenance and service contracts help build and keep cash flow from customer channels, and it is not enough to simply have them sign off on such contracts to hand over to the support department.
D. (competing with the United Parcel Service) and let companies better manage their cash flow and reduce bad receivables.
To get some cash flow, he remade ILM into a service company.
Since 2009, Iron Mountain has been relying on electronic signature technology to help speed up its sales and service processes which in turn has significantly increased cash flow.
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The five-Test veteran allowed himself the luxury of an easy single to get into triple figures, but normal service was soon resumed as the runs continued to flow.
The Internet does not, and never did, hold out the hope of a nirvana in which such things as cash flow, delivery of goods or sales service would become trivia.
Equity deals for fiber optic service providers are up at the 9-14x cash flow range for companies that are growing 15-25% a year.
The technology intercepted the flow of traffic from Libya's main Internet service provider and harvested information from the stream using a method known as deep-packet inspection.
General Motors' OnStar service, which can remotely unlock car doors, reduce gas flow to a stolen vehicle or dial 911 if a car is involved in a crash, now has almost 6 million subscribers.
Unfortunately, the Two Headed Dragon business often finds itself failing because it cannot service its debt burden, due to the lack of cash flow coupled with the fact that it frequently loses access to the capital markets.
You can allocate your best employees to explore new lines of business, you can count on a consistent flow of cash from your more mature product or service lines, and you can focus your management team on offense.
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Your continued flow of great content induces them to give your product or service a try.
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But the immense efforts of the U.S. government, United Nations agencies, global donors, scientists, service providers and activists will be for naught if the money ceases to flow.
For Urban Media, if one-quarter of the businesses that use the free broadband also buy add-ons, such as phone service, calling cards and unified messaging, each building would be cash-flow positive in 18 months.
For Urban Media, if a quarter of the businesses that use the free broadband also buy add-ons, such as phone service, calling cards and unified messaging, each building would be cash-flow positive in 18 months.
People can interact with Nina, the virtual assistant for customer service apps, and carry on a complex set of instructions within the same conversation flow.
To be able to offer frequency regulation service to the grid, cars need a bidirectional power system, so energy can flow both from the grid and to the grid, and software to allow the car to communicate with the grid.
In exchange for sacrificing some of its most valuable assets, Bakrie would have a chance to start again, using the cash flow of its operating companies to run its remaining businesses, rather than just service their debt.
As another example, if you beef up customer service to improve churn, you directly impact future costs, and therefore deteriorate the potential cash flow contribution.
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And to do that, the manufacturer or service supplier can no longer (as with mass customization) ask for a one-way flow of information from the customer.
"Disastrous flooding puts near 7 feet of flow in buildings in the jet engine test facility at Kelly AFB, " the National Weather Service said.
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