These players rapidly realised that no single operator or manufacturer's standard could be successful in a fragmented market such as Europe or indeed the world.

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Stagecoach is the single biggest operator of buses in the town and if it decided not use the bus station, there would be significant reduction in its use.

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Certainly, in remote rural areas not served by cable at all, which constitute about 4% of the market, consumers will now be left with a single, monopoly operator: EchoStar.

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Asus also appointed a single contact on its sales and marketing team to handle operator queries about its phones and tablets.

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The two-wheeled bot is equipped with a low-resolution monochrome camera that feeds images back to the Operator Control Unit, and since it weighs just a single pound and fits in most cargo pockets, the whole platoon could carry their own in order to really scope out the next bend.

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Buy a train ticket and immediately the train operator can see in real time how many fares have been bought as single journeys, or as returns at any point of time on any given day.

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Chugach provides every single passenger with a state-of-the-art Mammut avalanche airbag pack, the first US heli operator I know of to do so, at no extra cost.

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