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...Reliance, which already has a foothold in the market through a separate cellular subsidiary, poses such a threat that the established mobile operators have taken regulators to court to try to block the launch. Reliance, they argue, is slipping into the cellular business through a back door, without a proper license. The Supreme Court is currently hearing the case; a verdict is expected in early December. Analysts expect that Reliance, and other phone companies launching similar services, will be able to move ahead. Spokespeople for Reliance and India's telecom regulatory agency decline to comment on the issue because...
...promised so much yet receiving so little (WAP, anyone?) But Hutchison has decided the potential benefits, which could be vast, outweigh the risks, no matter how daunting. As a new entrant without any legacy network to upgrade, 3 is hoping to leapfrog the competition and establish an important early foothold in the telecom standard for the future?a future in which slower rivals are stuck with outmoded networks, just when consumer demand for high-speed wireless data service starts to sizzle...
Overall, with Power in Numbers, Jurassic 5 maintains a strong foothold on its original position as one of the most unique rap groups around while expanding on their style and even growing...
This is not, of course, how things are supposed to work. Start-up companies normally seek to establish themselves in a local market before expanding abroad. But with U.S. customers on their backs in such industries as telecom, more start-ups like WaveSmith are finding their first foothold abroad, especially in Japan and Korea. Those countries haven't escaped the global tech collapse, but their governments and companies continue to spend, especially on broadband Internet access and third-generation wireless technology. But as always in global business, connections count...
...says that while the staffers connected students with otherwise unreachable speakers during her work on the IOP’s civics committee, their presence also “limits the extent to which students, particularly those who are only becoming involved in the IOP, can get a foothold in the organization’s leadership structure...