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...undisputed domain of A T & T. More than 100 companies now compete with A T & T's Western Electric in manufacturing a vast new array of telephones, from the basic black model to designer styles and gimmicks like the Pac-Man special. Opportunities for growth-and disaster-abound. Technicom International, a young Darien, Conn., company that sells residential phones and small-business communications systems, captured revenues of $43 million in its first full year. Wall Streeters predict, however, that newcomers to the telecommunications competition will have a high mortality rate...
...room temperatures, sound levels and electrical systems. If a room's temperature rises above or drops below a preset level when a householder is away, perhaps because of a fire or a pipe-freezing chill, the device will automatically send a message to one of four emergency numbers. Technicom's Energy Control System, attached to a phone, allows owners to turn appliances on and off while away from home...
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