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This allows multitasking by video operators so they can be more efficient instead of just sitting in front of a screen.

David Reed

She grew up in Manassas and became one of the first telephone operators.

Roxana Adams

Many of these operators are in it just for the money. How could someone on Medicare or Social Security afford $20 a joint?

Richard Eastman

These properties are well maintained, and we have a long standing relationship. They are the best operators in the business.

Thomas Baltimore

To justify this expense in a commercial operation, operators need to potentially be losing $17 per acre.

Bart Drees

When people see our logo on the side of buses, it will reinforce that we are one of Europe's biggest transport operators.

Bob Davies

Cable operators all around the country are trying to migrate their customers to digital so eventually . . . they can reclaim some of that analog bandwidth.

Aditya Kishore

Vodafone stands out over fellow 3G operators in mature markets.

Phil Kendall

There are very few African-American nuclear operators. It's important to me to break the stereotypes of what we can or can't do.

Rob Howard

Many of the companies are small mom and pop operators with a one or two vessels. We won't be looking to buy companies in many cases, but their assets.

John Wobensmith

Control room operators don't like change. It's a tough process but they're learning.

William Grant

We monitor hundreds of rooms but we don't see all the operators. These people go from one forum to another. It's a growing problem.

Dan Clements

Handset manufacturers, technology providers and operators are concerned about how well this is going to work. This is a chance to look at the different layers, especially the end-user layer.

Rob Vanbrunt

I wonder if we should be leaving driver qualification to train operators.

Kazuo Kitagawa

A full assessment of the damage from Hurricane Katrina will require several more days, ... Many facilities have still not been inspected by their operators.

Rebecca Watson

Cisco is already doing growing business with mobile operators with the products and services they have in their portfolio, so (there's) no pressing need to acquire new products to get into this business.

Karri Rinta

BT is just the last straw to the network and it is a good excuse for telecom operators to avoid their responsibility.

Alan Wang

There will be a lot of new choices for consumers and operators to make over the next decade.

Michelle Abraham

Private operators need to be given a shot. Amtrak assumes it will be competing for its future.

David Laney

I don't know what you'd be able to do. The best tool we have is a presence at the operators.

Joseph Sbaffoni

Some of the trends we saw from Comcast should be reflected in the results of other cable operators.

Jonathan Atkin

A lot of (cable operators) overpriced their ethnic packages. But they're getting on board now.

Deana Myers

Nokia is differentiating its enterprise Wireless email solution with a Network Operations Center-independent approach that will gain attention from operators and enterprises seeking cost effective alternatives in an increasingly crowded space.

Kevin Burden

This proposal is in line with Earthlink's belief in open access, providing broadband connections for businesses, governments, and consumers that are underserved by cable and telephone operators.

Dan Greenfield

Operators should make full preparations for building networks, developing service offerings and nurturing the market.

Wang Xudong

The operators are dealing with the space limitation and the spectrum limitations of many markets.

Mikael Stromquist

Media operators that do not have a well- articulated digital strategy do so at their own peril.

Tuna Amobi

This keeps station operators honest because they know customers can now compare prices around town and around the state.

Mark Olsen

These bids have not been driven by an overarching vision or an attempt to foster innovation in the industry. They have been largely driven by attempts to leverage the cash flow of European telecom operators.

Lars Godell

This is not helping local entrepreneurs to get a place in the economy, and we need to facilitate small operators. After all the effort of 'Go East', with all these new fees you are going to go under, not go east.

Kenrick Webster

Today's telecom operators no longer need to build a brand new network for each new application. What they do need immediately is to develop an IP-based next-generation network, or IP NGN, which can adapt to present and future applications. Cisco CRS-1 is helping operators advance the development of IP NGN, so that all current and future applications can be integrated on one network.

Thomas Lam

We're working with the operators to try and ensure that they're vigilant. So it is an issue and we see it continuing to be an issue as long as the gas prices are as high as they are.

Richard Collins

The Service Exchange Framework will enable operators to deliver-mobile convergence for any service, from anywhere and at any time.

Mike Volpi

Those operators that do not pay their fines in a timely manner, they should not be able to operate. They're making all kinds of money.

Dennis O'dell

We are worried about the online world. Operators will have to reconfigure their networks significantly.

Thierry Dieu

When relief operators are available, he has been spending days digging through the wreckage.

Bob Bell

We are in discussions with satellite operators.

Olivier Coste

It's imperative that a lot of these operators get into this.

Patti Reali

A wireless operator without enough spectrum is like a body without enough blood. If you don't have enough blood you're going to face major medical challenges. Likewise, the cellular operators will need more spectrum to be able to offer new services and applications.

Ali Tabassi

More and more operators would like to reuse existing sites and leverage the technology they already have in place as they upgrade their networks.

Mikael Stromquist

We look at two things. Whether [plant operators] have programs in place to manage aging equipment and whether continued operation would cause damage to the environment.

Diane Screnci

This is something that is simply natural for the cable operators to do.

Marvin Kalb

That doesn't make any sense. You're rewarding (mine) operators for correcting conditions that should not have existed in the first place.

Steve Webber

This was the first year-on-year increase since last August, when operators reduced subsidies and competition weakened.

Carlos Constantini

There is an issue here; operators argue that they can no longer get into the likes of Heathrow, London and other main hubs at peak times.

Kate Sarsfield

We hope that the system will not only allow us to minimize losses, but will be a major factor in the investment attractiveness of regional operators, and will create beneficial conditions to access world capital markets.

Valery Yashin

3 Italia is not experiencing the same negative operating performance or outlook as incumbent mobile operators in Italy and Europe.

Canning Fok

If this is successful, if Comcast is able to demonstrate the advantages, lots of operators will follow suit.

Kelly Ahuja

Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation, by children being taught mathematical concepts...

William Gibson

Without these enforceable minimum standards, operators will be invited to cut corners and compromise fire safety.

Bob Crow

The question is how can they make their product appealing to the cable and satellite operators. So it's not just 100 percent based on customer awareness.

Ben Bajarin

From the consumer point of view, one of the main constraints to economic growth in Africa is the lack of credit cards. If the established credit card companies do not fill this market gap, it is likely that mobile phone operators will.

Tim Kelly

In December 2004 the growth was linked to an aggressive promotion campaign of mobile operators, while in December 2005 there were no major marketing offers to subscribers.

Yelena Bazhenova

The market is optimistic about next year and some operators are buying now in advance, expecting rises in early January.

Gabriel Jafet

Then the mine operators might take it seriously.

Robin Munro

It's not clear how cable operators could insert a label.

Cliff Stearns

There would simply be too much information for network operators to store all the data. The government has to be practical.

Jeanette Chan

Web site operators won't be able to stay in business if they can't meet consumers' expectations in these areas.

Laurie Windham

We have a brand new facility, we need to use it, we need the collection operators.

Scott Stewart

Poker operators are having to attract casual players who are not as profitable as the hard core and that is changing the economics of the business.

Robin Chhabra

The major hotel operators will continue to refine their online reservation systems.

Joseph Greff

We're hopeful that will curb the abuses, ... Unfortunately, some of these operators, they're just rogue business people. They're not afraid to threaten people who can't pay.

Barbara Buckley

We haven't reached any kind of agreement with local operators yet, but the door is open for them to come in.

Alfonso Gomez

The challenge that gas station operators are having now is not knowing when the next shipment is coming and how much they will be getting.

Justin Mcnaull

The operators are striving to give users a better mobile data experience; having to insert a card and install software is a hassle for some users, and often a barrier to adoption.

David Gordon

I really liked what I saw of them and respect them as businessmen, they are clearly good operators.

Craig Johnston

Not only is it annoying to mobile customers, it also disrupts social life and damages the telecom operator's credit standing.

Ma Weihua

Mobile operators have every interest in rolling out mobile e-mail solutions to their networks, and see it as an indispensable element in their competitive strategy.

Alaa Owaineh

Our operators found a valve that was turned off after work had been done on a meter. The valve apparently was damaged because it looked like it had been opened, when it was really closed.

Flavio Gonzalez

The only people going into the Internet with a good corporate structure are the 900-number operators, and they really just transferred their business from the phone to the Web.

Mark Tiarra

You'd be hard pressed to do it any other way. They're all foreign operators.

Rachel Campbell

We are all geared up to implement the Conditional Access System...all the Multi-System Operators have already invested in upgrading their systems. There are enough Set Top Boxes available in the market, we hope to meet the deadline given by the court.

Ashok Mansukhani

The business is somewhat more difficult and complex than many of the operators had originally thought would be the case.

Jeffrey Young

Yes the calls are free. But you're paying for the mobile access and that drives usage and something that drives usage is good for the operators.

Niklas Zennstrom

I'm very happy about the UMA phone. I believe it's in the operators' interest.

Hannu Rauhala

Opera 8 on Sony Ericsson's P990 benefits not only end users with a fast and full-featured Internet experience, but operators as well.

Jon Von Tetzchner

In three years there are likely to be three major distribution channels - OEM, aftermarket and cell phone operators.

David Bank

With more than two million operators out there, surface gold is fast running out.

Jack Murehwa

Several operators have proposed special offers to customers. I hope they will all wake up and give special offers.

Viviane Reding

It?s an opportunity to provide data for those operators so they don't have to try to maintain their own separate collections.

Charles Mankin

It's amazing, considering we got into this (negotiating process) late. Unfortunately, we put the cable operators in a bad spot, but the cable operators have been awesome through this whole process.

Jim Liberatore

We are seeking to add at least two more branches to the network. Our goal is to provide financial assistance to small business operators across the island.

Keisha Thomas

The inclusion of pilot controls has had the biggest impact on the industry in the last 24 months. Operator comfort becomes increasingly more important as businesses try to keep their best operators. With pilot controls, operators are less fatigued at the end of the day, and more productive as a result.

Bob Tyler

We're getting crushed. We're calling in extra operators, asking the morning shift to stay overtime, doing everything we can. It's a capacity issue.

Bob Grove

The agency estimates that this move will save airlines and other aircraft operators at least $5.3 billion over the next decade.

Marion Blakey

This is not going to be a pep rally. It's sending a message to the miners and mine operators that they must commit to making the right safety decisions.

Bob Friend

The idea of having a facility like this is to obtain and maintain collections of information that would be valuable to oil and gas operators.

Charles Mankin

It's a problem for telecommunications network operators - who have a large number of atomic clocks dotted around in their network - and for the military.

Peter Whibberley

There are quite intense discussions going on at the operators. Some are really unsure how they should invest in location-based services.

Chris Wade

Fixed-mobile convergence prospects look good. We found massive interest in the ability to call from home on your cell phone at landline rates, something both cellular operators and fixed-mobile operators can offer.

David Kerr

It seems to be the pattern in the industry now to buy out smaller operators. This is just a normal course of the business.

Jim Card

I think it was an important and a very constructive dialogue. The operators talked about how they felt, that they felt they had all been impugned, that the integrity of everyone working there (had been hurt.) The mayor made it very clear that it was not his intention.

Maggie Lynch

It's been a very good year for South Africa's mobile operators.

Reg Rumney

Partnered with these guys as opposed to bigger operators like Boyd or Harrah's.

Jeff Simpson

When Concorde went out of service the business aircraft operators and the airlines thought: we will find a market niche here and we are going to exploit it.

Kate Sarsfield

That's normally issued to mine operators that basically thumb their nose to the law, these unwarrantable failure violations.

Joe Main

With so much at stake, we cannot afford to be clandestine or irresponsible operators.

Chock Eng Tah

We know that covered fuel pumps is the best way to go until we can get to the bottom of this. As soon as we find a cause we can find a fix, and hopefully mitigate what the operators are going through.

Liz Verdier

Nineteen percent of homes in Western Europe are already 'cellular-only'; cellular operators should be encouraged to see that a further 18 percent of cellular users with fixed telephones are also considering disconnecting that fixed line.

Phil Kendall

The future for American-based B2C could be partnerships with Asian-based B2B operators.

Edward Zeng

They are not co-operating. We are in the process of getting an independent arbitrator. The operators are willing to continue working but are not being paid.

Eric Cornelius

If anything, a more likely trend is privatization among some of the smaller equipment operators.

Eric Buck

This is the precedent. This will probably be the template that other cable operators keep their eye on.

Ed Hatch

That is very special. Our people, from the machine operators all the way to the front office, everybody in this building is proud. We know it comes out of our building.

Eddie White

With respect to the current increases, I can certainly indicate that operators need to take a deep breath and not to worry about those.

Ed Byrne