Bell breakup plus five: mixed reviews
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The fifth anniversary of the break-up of AT & T was Jan 1, 1989. Neither the supporters nor critics of the former monopoly have seen everything they predicted happen. The telecommunications company has not come to rival IBM Corp in computers, but it is starting to do well in government contracts. The local operating companies carved out of AT & T's former telephone service business have been more profitable than anyone predicted and have undertaken more research then expected. Despite a few surprises, the original goals of the break-up have been realized. There is more competition in the market, and telephone rates have remained reasonable. Most agree that the equipment on customer premises has seen a revolution in technology and available services. Local telephone rates have risen quite a bit, but this has been offset almost equally by a drop in long distance rates.
Publication Name: IEEE Spectrum
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0018-9235
Year: 1988
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Telecommunications
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Telecommunications events and trends in 1989 featured new satellites and satellite broadcast services, European competition for the provision of advanced mobile cordless telephone services, and continuing attempts by the regional Bell holding companies (RBOCs) to circumvent legal restrictions in the court judgement breaking up AT&T. First of a new generation of international communications satellites, Intelsat VI provides multiple beams covering individual continents or hemispheres bordering the Atlantic Ocean plus directable 'spot' beams. Japan also launched a satellite with spot beam capability. Both Europe and Japan are advancing direct satellite broadcast of commercial television. Two major standards for advanced mobile cordless telephone services, the U.K.'s Cordless Telephone 2 and DECT (Digital European Cordless Telephone), are being pushed in Europe.
Publication Name: IEEE Spectrum
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0018-9235
Year: 1990
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Telecommunications: attracting players to a global market
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European, Japanese and US telecommunications equipment and service suppliers see rural areas in Asia-Pacific countries as a market with great potential for future growth. The area has half the world's population but only 17 percent of the world's 500 million telephones. Cellular phone growth almost doubles annually in Japan, South Korea and Singapore, and there are four submarine optical-fiber cables in place in the Pacific Rim for long-haul data and voice communications (11 more are planned). Indonesia, the Philippines and Hong Kong depend to a great extent on domestic communications satellites, and many countries in the area are disbanding their government monopolies on telecommunications and encouraging private enterprise. The outlook for Asian telecommunications and the strategies of several international suppliers active in the area are described.
Publication Name: IEEE Spectrum
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0018-9235
Year: 1991
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