Talking telecom: Cable & Wireless's John Davenport tells of his U.S. invasion

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Cable and Wireless PLC wants to expand its telecommunication services in North America to 1 percent of the long-distance telephone service market. As corporations seek single suppliers for all their international telecommunications needs, Cable and Wireless offers Planet, a network that provides videoconferencing and high speed data transmission. Its Worldwide Services unit, which employs about 100 people, manages network facilities for corporations. The Private Transatlantic Telecommunications fiber-optic cable and other systems will eventually provide a seamless network connecting users to the main economic centers of the world. Although government regulations limit Cable and Wireless's ability to introduce new services or change tariffs and put it at a competitive disadvantage in the US, the company is buying TRT/FTC Communications Inc from Pacific Telecom Inc and expects North American business revenue to grow by 20 percent. It currently has 0.6 percent of the US long-distance market, compared to AT&T's 65 to 70 percent.

Telegraph & other communications, Management, Network management systems, Officials and employees, Laws, regulations and rules, Long distance telephone services, Growth (Physiology), Long-distance telephone service, Market share, Network Management, Growth, interview, Strategic Planning, Government Regulation, Davenport, John (American writer), Cable and Wireless of North America

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Spanning the globe: competition in telecommunications heats up as national boundaries break down

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Telecommunication companies compete for international business using strategies that range from upgrading equipment and technology and improving customer service to consolidating and lowering prices. International corporate communications, including voice, data and teleconferencing traffic, is growing at a rate of 15 to 20 percent annually, about double the 7 to 9 percent domestic growth rate. To increase their market shares, corporations spend more than $100 billion a year on such new equipment as digital switches, fiber-optic lines and networks that can transmit voice and data. Telephone carriers offer sophisticated billing systems, negotiate for overseas transmission lines for domestic clients, improve response time and reduce prices. Poorer national carriers are consolidating because they are not strong enough to compete in a global telecommunications market.

Telecommunications equipment, Telecommunications, Telecommunication, Communications Equipment, Trends, Market Analysis, Merger, Upgrading, Pricing Policy

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