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We are behind the curve in keeping up with the global telecommunications revolution.

Mike Hayden

The telecommunications market outlook remains turbulent, ... We continue to see a very significant decrease in the long-haul market in North America.

John Loose

General Dynamics has had a great partnership with the Army for many years, from modernizing telecommunications systems at Army bases worldwide to building communications networks inside the Pentagon. We are pleased that the Army has once again chosen General Dynamics' expert engineers and IT professionals to support its information technology requirements.

Mike Chandler

Our new outlook is based on recent customer feedback, which indicates that a meaningful recovery of spending by our telecommunications customers will occur much more slowly than we had previously anticipated.

John Loose

Our hearts and prayers go out to all those who have been affected or have loved ones who were harmed by this terrible storm, ... We understand how important it is for displaced residents and emergency personnel to have access to telecommunications services.

Steve Largent

Nokia is the barometer for the whole telecommunications industry. If there is nervousness there, then alarm bells start ringing throughout the business.

Simon Fluendy

We decided the time was right in every sense to create a new global company providing components and modules to the telecommunications equipment vendors.

Kevin Kalkhoven

In the current circumstances and based upon the positions taken by U S West Inc. in its press release earlier this afternoon, the major telecommunications company has withdrawn from discussions to acquire Qwest and U S West.

Joseph Nacchio

When BT entered the Japanese market in 1985, our ambition was to become a strong force in the world's second largest telecommunications market, which is worth about $100 billion a year. This deal will allow Japan Telecom to become the number one challenger in Japan.

Sir Peter Bonfield

Primus is the first major telecommunications company in Australia to release a phone service using the internet to the residential market.

Greg Wilson

The economy is recovering just fine. The telecommunications business is still a growth sector.

Keiji Tachikawa

It is ironic that these companies claim that Qualcomm's behavior has harmful effects on the mobile telecommunications sector when the facts are completely contrary.

Steve Altman

These regions do not enjoy anywhere near the level of telecommunications capability as metropolitan areas.

Ron Flanary

The [telecommunications] carriers are going to use every trick, every gimmick, to delay investment.

Serge Tchuruk

Redefining the Telecommunications Industry.

Gary Forsee

If we take the electricity sector and telecommunications as guides, privatization has meant higher rates, lower quality, less access, and less sovereign control over our public services. CAFTA multiplies those effects, since it brings in the international heavy hitters and the rules they play by.

Alejandra Castillo

We are thrilled to have Ned join our Board. Ned's extensive telecommunications experience and reputation as a change agent will serve ACS well. He has demonstrated operational and financial strengths in multiple industries, including in the Internet market, a very important growth area of the telecommunications industry.

Liane Pelletier

The common denominators are electrical power and telecommunications.

Peter Neumann

The convergence of broadcasting and telecommunications is the next problem area that we expect.

Ronald Solis

The choices for tapping the regional telecommunications growth are becoming limited recently because of consolidation in most of the countries in the region.

Yasmin Wirjawan

The bundle is really critical to customers. They really would like to deal with one provider for all their telecommunications needs.

Michael Dunne

Uncertainties in the telecommunications industry -- such as acquisitions and mergers -- have created several challenges for providers when it comes to raising customer confidence and satisfaction. However, the issue of customer uncertainty can be overcome through the presence of well-informed sales representatives and account executives who are prepared to address customer questions and concerns.

Steve Kirkeby

Even when Lincoln hanged draft dodgers, he made public his deviation from the law and imposed martial law. There is no analogy and no precedent for clandestine surveillance of domestic telecommunications without a court order.

Philip Russell

This proposal represents a good starting point in the discussion to update our nation's telecommunications laws. Congress should thoroughly address this proposal.

Roger Cochetti

We'll build up the most progressive telecommunications company here.

Jamie Smith

Miami is a geographical confluence of telecommunications and entrepreneurial forces that have huge impacts throughout Latin America. Our presence here will both propel and augment our research and consulting activities throughout Latin America.

Grant Smith

Strong global demand for semiconductors is driving our customers to increase and accelerate their year 2000 capital spending for expanded capacity and more advanced technologies, ... We expect increasing demand for semiconductors to continue throughout 2000, driven by the growth of applications in telecommunications Internet-related and consumer products.

James Morgan

This acquisition is consistent with our mission to become a major player in the telecommunications industry of the future.

Charles Brewer

There is an incredibly robust telecommunications infrastructure that was initiated due to the Strategic Air Command being positioned here, just south of Omaha. There are a number of national companies with their headquarters here, which would surprise many folks.

Dan Connolly

Sales at our national consumer electronics retailers, which are our primary distribution outlets for DirecTV Systems, have been slower than we expected, in large part due to the softening economy, ... In addition, we are seeing continued slowing in the contribution of subscribers from the rural markets that are served by the National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC).

Jack Shaw

The regulatory outcomes are going affect not only Telstra, but it is going to have a knock-on affect into the rest of the telecommunications industry.

David Land

While we achieved our goal of restructuring to improve our cost base and competitiveness, we had to deal with the challenging telecommunications market.

Antonio Perez

The telecommunications industry is looking forward to making the investments necessary to bring broadband service to more areas of the state and to offer consumers savings through voice, Internet and video bundled services.

John Koppin

We're generating solid growth across all areas of our business. Our core telecommunications business is showing excellent growth in data services for business customers, and in additional lines and calling features for consumers.

Duane Ackerman

The available evidence suggests that generally, Qwest has succeeded in opening local telecommunications markets to competition.

Charles A. James

In telecommunications, China represents the largest potential market in the world.

Phil Crane

The agency's role in the development of the communications satellite in the late 50s and early 60s led to today's burgeoning telecommunications industry. It would come as no surprise if entrepreneurs and innovators from the private sector successfully build on what we've pioneered in human space exploration. We wish them well.

William Readdy

I'm not sure this was the intent of the Telecommunications Act [of 1996], ... The intent was not to rebuild the Bell system. With this merger you would have SBC or Ameritech west of the Mississippi, and Bell Atlantic, assuming it makes a deal with BellSouth, on the Eastern seaboard. I don't know that is good for the American public at large.

Robert Rosenberg

Telecommunications billing systems are large, complex entities that have to be integrated to support the new services.

Bob Egan

Many rural telecommunications companies provide the only broadband network connection to rural consumers. New services, such as voice over Internet protocol, can't reach rural consumers without riding a rural broadband network.

Robert Williams

We are pleased to be working with VSNL to streamline their network operations. Our performance management solution will allow VSNL to respond rapidly to changes in the network environment, offer new services quickly and affordably, and retain its leading position in the telecommunications industry.

David Burks

As a global telecommunications leader committed to developing handsets that serve as the most advanced personal multimedia devices on the market, Samsung is proud to showcase HSDPA as the future of mobile broadband.

Kitae Lee

The addition of Todd marks the maturing of our efforts to establish industry-leading partnerships that benefit our customers. Our channel partnerships are an essential part of our growth strategy, and Todd has the breadth of experience in the software, hardware, and telecommunications industries to introduce new programs that will accelerate the adoption of our sophisticated speech solutions.

Stuart Patterson

Quite simply, telecommunications competition is thriving in New Mexico.

Vince Hancock

I urge telecommunications regulators to develop a commercial strategy for delivering effective access to the continent.

Mark Shuttleworth

Telecommunications will make the world very small.

Bob Poe

In the long run, everything that's going on in the telecommunications industry is going to be good for the consumer. I think it will take three to five years, not one to two years.

Tony Ferrugia

U.S. Distressed Debt Monthly Monitor. In the U.S., the automotive, telecommunications, and retail/restaurant sectors showed the highest propensity for distress as a share of total speculative-grade rated issues.

Diane Vazza

Du will play an important role in the economy of the U.A.E. We aim to have 30 percent of the telecommunications market within three years and will look to create optimal value for our shareholders through business excellence and innovation.

Bin Byat

21CN represents one of the biggest-ever investments in the economic infrastructure of the U.K. by a private company. Six million customer calls have been successfully carried in the latest phase of our 21CN trials, and… we have been working closely with the entire telecommunications industry to agree on the schedule for rollout across the U.K.

Paul Reynolds

This legislation will ensure that Texas is at the forefront of the telecommunications industry, bringing thousands of new jobs and billions of economic investment to our state.

Phil King

We are creating the premiere telecommunications company in America -- wonderful news for our customers.

Tim Donahue

Subsidies were instituted that are now being used to pay telephone bills. That strikes me as something that Congress certainly did not have in mind when it passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996.

Lawrence Gasman

Smart businesses do not look at labor costs alone anymore. They do look at market access, transportation, telecommunications infrastructure and the education and skill level of the workforce, the development of capital and the regulatory market.

Janet Napolitano

Somewhere along the line, I lost the passion. I got a degree in telecommunications.

Bridget Branch

We cannot allow telecommunications companies to hijack the Internet. After all, the beauty of the Internet is its open architecture.

Jay Inslee

Investors are showing their displeasure with the whole telecommunications sector. Participants are weeding out the best of the breed.

Sailesh Bhundia

We believe data transmission and voice transmission are all telecommunications.

Richard Morris

Our lower-than-expected revenue for (the fourth quarter) appears to be influenced by the current weakness in the worldwide economy, which has resulted in reduced capital spending by telecommunications and dot-com companies.

Bob Goldman

Technology and the European Union have opened up the telecommunications market. Without a new institutional framework, any changes within the company are being built on sand.

Ceo Panagis Vourloumis

The government's push is to sell lines for mobile and other telecommunications as the frequencies, or spectrums, are extremely valuable.

Patrick Von Sychowski

This merger is another confirmation of the telecommunications industry experiencing dramatic changes in business models, strategy and operations. As carrier consolidation continues to drive increased vendor instability, existing players will need to seek merger and partnership opportunities to compete within the new market structure.

Nick Maynard

Aligning with MCI WorldCom and its global telecommunications capabilities will enhance EDS' ability to serve our customers as they move into the digital world of electronic business, ... This relationship assures that both EDS and those we serve are positioned to capitalize on the cresting wave of global data and voice network services.

Dick Brown

We serve a market that's probably $250 billion in size, if you take into account all the telecommunications and data communications systems being built. Investors are looking at our historical execution and saying that they believe in our ability to capture that opportunity.

Mike Volpi

You would expect such earnings from a dominant player but what's of interest is how the company moves forward following the collapse of merger talks with KPN, ... The question is, will they seek an alliance with BT (British Telecommunications), which is keen on expanding services in Latin America.

Nigel Hawkins

It was a very bad day. The telecommunications sector has a very big weighting on the index.

Luiz Marcos Prudencio

This is a decision that had been made prior to the merger, reflective of the overall change in the telecommunications industry.

Bill Kula

In a sense, these mergers can also be seen as an epitaph for the competition that many of us thought we would enjoy as a result of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.

Michael Copps

Canada is a world leader in broadband access and today's decision builds on this enviable record. It serves to ensure that reliable, affordable, high-quality telecommunications services are extended to Canadian who would not otherwise be served.

Charles Dalfen

Major telecommunications equipment companies on three continents are standing up and saying that Qualcomm's business practices are unfair, anticompetitive and ultimately illegal.

David A. Dull

We believe the co-operation with Nortel, a leader in the telecommunications industry, will enable us to create greater value for our customers.

Yafang Sun

Despite the ongoing market correction in the telecommunications sector, we believe the fundamentals remain intact for the optical networking industry.

Dave Kang

While visibility remains limited due to challenging conditions across the telecommunications industry, we remain enthusiastic about the capabilities of our products and the compelling value they deliver.

Dan Smith

The tech sector is where the money seems to want to flow. You can just look at last week's action, when all the averages were up, the money flows into technology, primarily in telecommunications. And even though the valuations have been high all of these quarters and still are, I guess if you want to do well in the market you've got to have some of your assets in technology, definitely.

Robert Stovall

Telecommunications retirees have had deductibles and co-pays for some years.

Bruce Taylor

The Telecommunications Act of 1996 helped open the door to a period of rapid change in the telecommunications industry, ... But so far, it has not created the level of competition that many expected.

Richard Notebaert

We are closely monitoring the situation and are doing everything possible to ensure and protect both the stability of the telecommunications network and the quality of service to consumers.

Michael Powell

The notion of using something other than copper or glass to provide telecommunications services is certainly beginning to gain greater acceptance, and I would argue that wireless' inclusion as a requirement in the bid is validation of that.

John Grady

Dan brings the right mix of leadership and financial know-how to our company. His experiences with international telecommunications service providers and technology vendors make him an invaluable asset to our executive team.

John Fazio

Hutchison should also benefit from news that India is to open up its domestic telecommunications market as the company has been expanding there pretty rapidly.

David Harman

We regret that U S West apparently wouldn't even consider an alternative transaction involving a major telecommunications company and Qwest despite the possibility of greater value for U S West shareholders.

Joseph Nacchio

There are a number of different reasons why. The main one is that Chinese telecommunications companies don't have enough bandwidth to interact with the outside world.

James Green

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

George's vast experience in the development and application of speech recognition technologies will be invaluable as INFONXX continues to implement customer-focused solutions for voice services and telecommunications carriers. We are glad he's on our team.

Michael Bates

It started with AT&T, and it may end with AT&T. They're going to be the premier company in telecommunications services.

Philip Wohl

Telecommunications will remain very constructive, very hot. Several of the larger cap Internet stocks will behave well -- America Online will be one. The smaller Internet stocks will be the play of the future over the next three to six months.

Dodge Dorland

It's dyslexic policy. In telecommunications, the Government is doing all it can to handicap the incumbent, while in media it's doing all it can to protect the interests of the dinosaurs.

Rod Bruem

There's activity in every sector, from financial services to chemicals to telecommunications to health care. I can't remember another M&A up-cycle where every sector has been busy.

Rob Kindler

I'm surprised that Alcatel would want to take that on in a difficult environment for telecommunications equipment. It seems to me they would want to focus on their own profitability instead of taking on Lucent.

David Heger

The increased capital will spur further growth for the company and is part of the process of re-engineering our business to remain successful in the increasingly competitive telecommunications environment.

Hassan Juma

Due to rapid consolidation in the media and telecommunications industries, GM is now considering alternative strategic transactions involving Hughes and other participants in those industries, ... Any such transaction might involve the separation of Hughes from General Motors.

Harry Pearce

If you have a company that's merging with another — in telecommunications or credit cards — it pays to pay special attention to your account. Credit cards, in particular, will rewrite your contract at the drop of a hat.

Joe Ridout

It will remove a huge blockage to the development of a modern day telecommunications infrastructure in this country.

Ernie Newman

For 2006, Minnesota's big economic stories will be problems related to the continuing cutbacks in the U.S. auto industry, a turnaround for the telecommunications industry, and finally a weakening of Minnesota's construction industry. Nonetheless, our survey points to still solid growth for the first half of 2006.

Ernie Goss

Transportation firms reported continuing economic weakness. While 2006 is likely to be a positive year for the Oklahoma economy due to an improving telecommunications sector and expansions in business service firms, the closing of GM operations in Oklahoma City will produce some fairly negative economic consequences.

Ernie Goss

By leveraging the SDP infrastructure and the global reach of the Flash Platform, telecommunications operators and service providers can rapidly integrate and leverage network services and deploy multimedia communications solutions on nearly 600 million Internet-connected desktops and mobile devices worldwide.

Eric Weiss

The union should serve as a communication bridge between telecommunications operators and enterprises and play a better role in the further research, development and industrialization of WAPI.

Zhang Xinsheng