Some executives at mobile operators in Europe said Chinese companies aren't always the least expensive suppliers of network gear.
TD-SCDMA would reduce its dependence on foreign vendors and technology, and level the playing field for domestic suppliers of network infrastructure and handsets.
Just like cloud-based IT architectures portend reduced PC usage and risk to PC suppliers like Dell, Microsoft and Intel, they create similar risks for private network equipment suppliers like Cisco.
Exhibitors and delegates will have the opportunity to network with suppliers, manufacturers, key buyers and decision-makers in the industry.
Over the long term weak demand for cars in Europe threatens seriously to affect the German car industry and its network of suppliers.
It has been using barely half of its manufacturing capacity and yet supporting a large network of suppliers that have little incentive to offer competitive prices.
In October the software giant agreed to link the 2.8 million small-business users of its QuickBooks management and accounting software to Intelisys' network of 600 suppliers.
Undeniably, large companies rely on a network of smaller suppliers.
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The operation targeted suppliers and the main supply network.
In response to the pressure to reduce costs and risks, Boeing spread out the Dreamliner's construction and design over a larger network of global suppliers than in earlier phases, requiring them to share costs and use their own capital for factories and equipment.
Supply chains have evolved into a network of hundreds of suppliers, sub-contractors and distribution centers, adding tremendous complexity.
The furor has raised concerns about the complex network of slaughterhouses and suppliers that handle food on its way to the dinner table and the controls governing food transported across borders.
But rivals, including Ford, which managed by the skin of its teeth to avoid bankruptcy, feared that a collapsing GM would take down with it America's highly-integrated network of car-parts suppliers.
The first of what will be 60 or 70 Chinese from mainland companies have just set up in the St John's Innovation Centre: some to network, some looking for suppliers, some for joint ventures, some no doubt for customers, and all learning.
Car companies sensibly use a network to organize their hundreds of suppliers, but not to design their cars.
It entered China in 1996 and now runs over 350 stores in 130 cities or so, with a network estimated at 20, 000 suppliers.
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Between them, Japan's ten regional electricity suppliers own the second-largest fibre-optic network in the country, measuring 160, 000 kilometres and growing.
Having their own distribution and logistics network allows them to source products from local suppliers while maintaining strict quality control.
We need to share information not just with colleagues, but also with an extended network of partners, vendors, contractors, suppliers and customers.
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The EU hopes a shared network will protect individual member states from disputes with suppliers such as Russia.
In addition, the trend among private-sector purchasers of information services is to reduce the number of suppliers they deal with as a way of cutting costs and bolstering network performance.
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There are also other players fighting for positions in this battle: Ericsson, Huawei, Cisco, Alcatel Lucent and Nokia Siemens Network have all intensified their ambitions, already being big suppliers in the ecosystem.
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If you're Clearwire or Sprint right now, the last thing you want to hear is one of the world's major suppliers of wireless infrastructure badmouthing the very technology that underpins your next-gen network -- so we imagine there's some groaning in the hallways and boardrooms of the world's WiMAX carriers today.
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People in an at work state of mind today are exposed to a constant, multi-point flow of communications from not just customers, suppliers and co-workers, but also from family, friends, would-be friends and network members.
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