The Telecommunications Act of 1996 aimed to stimulate competition in the telecommunications industry in the United States. It specified regulations around local and long-distance phone services, and deregulated cable TV rates. Major players in the industry at this time included the Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs) like AT&T, MCI WorldCom, and Qwest. Technological developments expanded broadband access through technologies like DSL, cable modems, and dense wavelength-division multiplexing (DWDM).
The U.S. telecom industry has undergone a number of significant changes over the past few years.
In this presentation that Dr. Jim Anderson created for MBA students, he explains where the industry has been and where it is going.
Dr. Anderson takes the time to explain the changes that have occurred in the industry in terms of the classes that MBA students have already had. He brings home how the changes have dramatically reshaped the telecom industry.
For more information on Dr. Jim Anderson and his company, Blue Elephant Consulting, find out more on the web at http://www.BlueElephantConsulting.com
We monitored a total of 625 deals in November 2012. Here we have summarised details of 45 deals in the telecoms sector, of which 36 were mergers and acquisitions, 6 were private equity investments and 3 were major partnerships. In terms of geographic location of the acquirer/investor, 20 were in EMEA, 17 were in North America and 8 were in Asia.
The U.S. telecom industry has undergone a number of significant changes over the past few years.
In this presentation that Dr. Jim Anderson created for MBA students, he explains where the industry has been and where it is going.
Dr. Anderson takes the time to explain the changes that have occurred in the industry in terms of the classes that MBA students have already had. He brings home how the changes have dramatically reshaped the telecom industry.
For more information on Dr. Jim Anderson and his company, Blue Elephant Consulting, find out more on the web at http://www.BlueElephantConsulting.com
We monitored a total of 625 deals in November 2012. Here we have summarised details of 45 deals in the telecoms sector, of which 36 were mergers and acquisitions, 6 were private equity investments and 3 were major partnerships. In terms of geographic location of the acquirer/investor, 20 were in EMEA, 17 were in North America and 8 were in Asia.
Neither Fish Nor Fowl: New Strategies for Selective Regulation of Information Services, presented at 35th Annual Telecommunications Policy Research Conference
George Mason University School of Law, Arlington, Virginia September 28-30, 2007
Highlighted notes while studying the Course:
Advanced Computer Networks
Article: Internet backbone
By: Wikipedia
Wikipedia is a multilingual online encyclopedia created and maintained as an open collaboration project by a community of volunteer editors using a wiki-based editing system. It is the largest and most popular general reference work on the World Wide Web. It is also one of the 15 most popular websites as ranked by Alexa, as of August 2020. It features exclusively free content and has no advertising. It is hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, an American non-profit organization funded primarily through donations.
Hold The Phone: Assessing the Rights of Wireless Handset Owners and the Network Neutrality Obligations of Carriers, presented at Carterfone and Open Access in the Digital Era
High Tech Law Institute, Santa Clara Law School, October 17, 2008
Managerial Economics and Business Strategy, 8e Page 1
Case Summary 3
Justice Department Seeks to Enjoin Merger between WorldCom
and Sprint Corporation
Michael Baye and Patrick Scholten prepared this case to serve as the basis for classroom discussion rather
than to present economic or legal fact. The case is a condensed and slightly modified version of the public
copy of the U.S. Justice Department’s civil action on June 26, 2000 to enjoin WorldCom, Inc. from acquiring
Sprint Corporation.
Overview of The Telecommunication Industry
For most of the twentieth century, the provision of long distance telecommunications
services and many other telecommunications services in the United States was
monopolized by AT&T. In the 1970s, this monopoly was challenged by new entrants,
supported by changes in Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations designed
to promote competition and by the government’s antitrust case challenging AT&T’s actions
to preserve its monopoly. These efforts ultimately succeeded in bringing competition to
long distance services.
In the 1980s and 1990s, two companies -- and only two companies -- emerged as major
competitors to AT&T, and to each other. MCI (which merged with WorldCom in 1998) and
Sprint each constructed national and international fiber optic networks, developed
sophisticated systems for handling many millions of customer accounts, hired and trained
large workforces capable of providing a wide range of high-quality telecommunications
services to customers throughout the nation, and invested billions of dollars over many
years to establish widely known and trusted brands.
Many other carriers have entered on a much smaller scale, but none has produced
beneficial effects on competition comparable in magnitude to the effects produced by
competition between WorldCom and Sprint, and between those companies and AT&T.
Those two companies, together with AT&T, dominate the provision of long distance services
to residential and small/home office consumers, the provision of international services
between the United States and many countries throughout the world for customers in the
United States, and the provision of key data network services and custom network services
used by many large business customers. In addition, WorldCom has attained (primarily
through a series of acquisitions) a commanding position in the ownership and operation of
the “backbone” networks that connect the thousands of smaller networks that constitute
the Internet, and Sprint is WorldCom’s largest competitor in that market.
Managerial Economics and Business Strategy, 8e Page 2
In particular, WorldCom and Sprint are:
1. the largest and second-largest of a small group of top-tier providers of Internet
“backbone” network services in the United States and the world;
2. the second- and third-largest of three providers who collectively dominate long
distance telecommunications within the Unit ...
Neither Fish Nor Fowl: New Strategies for Selective Regulation of Information Services, presented at 35th Annual Telecommunications Policy Research Conference
George Mason University School of Law, Arlington, Virginia September 28-30, 2007
Highlighted notes while studying the Course:
Advanced Computer Networks
Article: Internet backbone
By: Wikipedia
Wikipedia is a multilingual online encyclopedia created and maintained as an open collaboration project by a community of volunteer editors using a wiki-based editing system. It is the largest and most popular general reference work on the World Wide Web. It is also one of the 15 most popular websites as ranked by Alexa, as of August 2020. It features exclusively free content and has no advertising. It is hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, an American non-profit organization funded primarily through donations.
Hold The Phone: Assessing the Rights of Wireless Handset Owners and the Network Neutrality Obligations of Carriers, presented at Carterfone and Open Access in the Digital Era
High Tech Law Institute, Santa Clara Law School, October 17, 2008
Managerial Economics and Business Strategy, 8e Page 1
Case Summary 3
Justice Department Seeks to Enjoin Merger between WorldCom
and Sprint Corporation
Michael Baye and Patrick Scholten prepared this case to serve as the basis for classroom discussion rather
than to present economic or legal fact. The case is a condensed and slightly modified version of the public
copy of the U.S. Justice Department’s civil action on June 26, 2000 to enjoin WorldCom, Inc. from acquiring
Sprint Corporation.
Overview of The Telecommunication Industry
For most of the twentieth century, the provision of long distance telecommunications
services and many other telecommunications services in the United States was
monopolized by AT&T. In the 1970s, this monopoly was challenged by new entrants,
supported by changes in Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations designed
to promote competition and by the government’s antitrust case challenging AT&T’s actions
to preserve its monopoly. These efforts ultimately succeeded in bringing competition to
long distance services.
In the 1980s and 1990s, two companies -- and only two companies -- emerged as major
competitors to AT&T, and to each other. MCI (which merged with WorldCom in 1998) and
Sprint each constructed national and international fiber optic networks, developed
sophisticated systems for handling many millions of customer accounts, hired and trained
large workforces capable of providing a wide range of high-quality telecommunications
services to customers throughout the nation, and invested billions of dollars over many
years to establish widely known and trusted brands.
Many other carriers have entered on a much smaller scale, but none has produced
beneficial effects on competition comparable in magnitude to the effects produced by
competition between WorldCom and Sprint, and between those companies and AT&T.
Those two companies, together with AT&T, dominate the provision of long distance services
to residential and small/home office consumers, the provision of international services
between the United States and many countries throughout the world for customers in the
United States, and the provision of key data network services and custom network services
used by many large business customers. In addition, WorldCom has attained (primarily
through a series of acquisitions) a commanding position in the ownership and operation of
the “backbone” networks that connect the thousands of smaller networks that constitute
the Internet, and Sprint is WorldCom’s largest competitor in that market.
Managerial Economics and Business Strategy, 8e Page 2
In particular, WorldCom and Sprint are:
1. the largest and second-largest of a small group of top-tier providers of Internet
“backbone” network services in the United States and the world;
2. the second- and third-largest of three providers who collectively dominate long
distance telecommunications within the Unit ...
WORKFORCE MANAGEMENT HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE: BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES ...Kim Boggio
WORKFORCE MANAGEMENT HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE: BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES FOR THE TELECOM, WIRELESS, BROADBAND AND FAST (FIELD AUTOMATION SERVICE TEAM) MARKETS
This is a company overview of tw telecom. It contains company history, financials, products & services, competetive advantages, and technology deployment.
An Internet service provider (ISP) is an organisation that provides services for accessing, using, or participating in the Internet. Internet service providers can be organised in various forms, such as commercial, community-owned, non-profit, or otherwise privately owned.
Strategic Management Case
T-Mobile US
03/26/2017
Mba-599
Introduction
T-Mobile US, Inc. (NASDAQ: TMUS) is Based in Bellevue, Washington. T-Mobile US is the third largest provider of wireless voice, messaging and data communications services in the United States. T-Mobile US was named after T-Mobile Germany. T-Mobile US offers its services through its subsidiaries such as GoSmart Mobile. T-Mobile US operates two flagship brands, T-Mobile and MetroPCS. T-Mobile acquired MetroPCS in a reverse takeover in 2013. T-Mobile offers post-paid plans and MetroPCS offers pre-paid plans. Deutsche Telekom is the majority shareholder of T-Mobile US, owning 65% of the company. Deutsche Telekom is a German based company. T-Mobile US sells mobile phones, tablets, and wireless internet. T-Mobile US offers unlimited wireless voice, messaging, and data communications. T-Mobile also offers WIFI calling when overseas or if network is out of reach. This technology allows customers to turn a WIFI connection to their own towers. The company offers its services through its advanced 4G LTE network to 71.5 million customers as of 2016. T-Mobile is capable of reaching 308 million in their homes and workplace. The company also offers global plans. T-Mobile US customers can use their services in Canada and Mexico at no extra charge. Customers can also use their phones in Europe using Deutsche Telekom’s network. Customers can also use their cellular devices in Puerto Rico and the U.S Virgin Islands. T-mobile has about 55 million post-paid customers which make up about 77% of its customers. MetroPCS has about 16 million pre-paid customers. T-Mobile also sells service wholesale, including to Google's Project Fi- program, adding another 373,000 customers in the quarter. Between T-Mobile and MetroPCS, T-Mobile US operates about 8000 stores. Most of the stores are authorized vendors and the rest are company owned. According to Fortune.com, Approximately 230 million people live within 10 miles of T-Mobile's (tmus, +1.66%) roughly 3,600 current stores. The company reaches 98% of Americans. T-Mobile US has about 50000 employees. The CEO of the company is John Ledger. He is known to be an outspoken leader and does not fit the mold of a typical CEO. According to CNNMoney.com, Consumer Reports named T-Mobile the number one American wireless carrier and in 2017, T-Mobile was ranked number one in Customer Service Satisfaction by Nielsen.
T-Mobile US started as VoiceStream Wireless PCS which was a subsidiary of Western Wireless Corporation. VoiceStream Wireless was purchased by Deutsche Telekom in 2001 for $35 billion and renamed T-Mobile USA, Inc. Deutsche Telekom completed the acquisition of VoiceStream Wireless Inc. for $35 billion and Southern US regional GSM network operator Powertel, Inc for $24 billion. In 2013, T-Mobile US, Inc. was formed through the business combination between T-Mobile USA and MetroPCS Communications, Inc. The business combination was accounted for a.
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12. How and under what circumstances local exchange carriers (LEC) can provide long-distance services
13. The deregulation of cable TV ratesIncluded with the Act was the former Communications Decency Act, which, among other provisions, makes it a crime to convey pornography over the Internet in a way that is easily accessible to children.
14. The 1996 Act aims to "preserve and advance universal service [254(b)]. This means: (1) High quality at low rates. (2) Access to advanced services in all States. (3) Access in rural and high cost areas at comparable prices to other areas. (4) Supported by "equitable and nondiscriminatory contributions" by "all providers of telecommunications services." (5) Specific and predictable mechanisms to raise the required funds. (6) Access to advanced telecommunications services for schools, health care, and libraries.
35. October 5, 1999 Sprint Communication and MCI WorldCom announced a $129 billion merger agreement between the two companies.
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38. In 1998, and followed again by the acquisition of Icon CMT,a web hosting provider
39. In 1998, Qwest is provide of high speed data to the niche market of corporate customers and quick-growing residential and business long distance customer base that it quickly merged into its data service.
42. DSL DSL or xDSL is a family of technologies that provides digital data transmission over the wires of a local telephone network. DSL originally stood for digital subscriber loop, but as of 2009 the term digital subscriber line has been widely adopted as a more marketing-friendly term for AsymmetricDigital Subscriber line (ADSL), The download speed of consumer DSL services typically ranges from 384 kilobits per second (kbps) to 20 megabits per second (Mbps), depending on DSL technology, line conditions and service-level implementation. Typically, upload speed is lower than download speed for ADSL and equal to download speed for the rarer Symmetric Digital Subscriber line (SDSL),
52. Future In 2007 Comcast Corp shows off for the first time in public new technology that enabled a data download speed of 150 megabits per second, or roughly 25 times faster than today's standard cable modems. The new cable technology is crucial because the industry is competing with a speedy new offering called FiOS, a TV and Internet service that Verizon Communications Inc. is selling over a new fiber-optic network. The top speed currently available through FiOS is 50 megabits per second, but the network is already capable of providing 100 Mbps and the fiber lines offer nearly unlimited potential.
53. Future "If you look at what just happened, 55 million words, 100,000 articles, more than 22,000 pictures, maps and more than 400 video clips,". "The same download on dial-up would have taken two weeks."
54. Dense Wavelength-division multiplexing In fiber-optic communications, Dense wavelength-division multiplexing (DWDM) is a technology which multiplexes multiple optical carrier signals on a single optical fiber by using different wavelengths (colors) of laser light to carry different signals. This allows for a multiplication in capacity, in addition to enabling bidirectional communications over one strand of fiber. This is a form of frequency division multiplexing (FDM) but is commonly called wavelength division multiplexing.
55. How to WDM work? WDM systems are popular with telecommunications companies because they allow them to expand the capacity of the network without laying more fiber. By using WDM and optical amplifiers, they can accommodate several generations of technology development in their optical infrastructure without having to overhaul the backbone network. Capacity of a given link can be expanded by simply upgrading the multiplexers and demultiplexers at each end. This is often done by using optical-to-electrical-to-optical (O/E/O) translation at the very edge of the transport network, thus permitting interoperation with existing equipment with optical interfaces.
56. How to WDM work? Most WDM systems operate on single mode fiber optical cables, which have a core diameter of 9 µm. Certain forms of WDM can also be used in multi-mode fiber cables(also known as premises cables) which have core diameters of 50 or 62.5 µm. Early WDM systems were expensive and complicated to run. However, recent standardization and better understanding of the dynamics of WDM systems have made WDM less expensive to deploy.
57. Internet Telephony Internet telephony also transmits using data packets. Analog voice signals are digitized, sent in discreet packets to the destination, reassembled and reverted back to analog signals. By using Internet telephony, one can place long-distance calls free of telephone charges. The catch is that both parties must have Internet telephony software. If Internet telephony is used to call a land-line or cell phone, charges apply, though they are usually minimal.
58. History of Internet Telephony With traditional telephone service, sometimes referred to as POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service), voice signals use telephone lines -- copper wires -- and circuit switches to communicate. Internet telephony eliminates the telco company all together by using computer networks to send voice signals. All information is transferred across the Internet in "data packets." For example, if you send your friend an email, the email is broken up into a series of data packets that each take their own route to the destination mail server. Once there, the packets reassemble themselves into the full email message.
59. History of Internet Telephony Internet telephony has drastically improved since its first incarnations. Initial VoIP(Voice over IP) was very poor quality, but now many users report land line-like quality. There are many advantages to using Internet telephony, not just for family members and friends to stay in touch free of charge, but for multi-state or multi-national corporate PBXs where routine long distance calls between offices are significant. A potential disadvantage of using Internet telephony for corporate environments is that VoIP tends to have more downtime than POTS. Computer or network problems can interfere with Internet telephony, though many VoIP programs kick calls to POTS if there is a problem.
60. Broadband Broadband in telecommunications refers to a signaling method that includes or handles a relatively wide range (or band) of frequencies, which may be divided into channels or frequency bins. In data communications an analog modem will transmit a bandwidth of 56 kilobits per seconds (kbit/s) over a telephone line; over the same telephone line a bandwidth of several megabits per second can be handled by ADSL, which is described as broadband (relative to a modem over a telephone line, although much less than can be achieved over a fiber optic circuit).
61. History of Broadband Broadband Internet access, often shortened to just broadband, is a high data rate Internet access—typically contrasted with dial-up access using a 56k modem. Dial-up modems are limited to a bitrate of less than 56 kbit/s (kilobits per second) and require the full use of a telephone line—whereas broadband technologies supply more than double this rate and generally without disrupting telephone use.
62. History Broadband Although various minimum bandwidths have been used in definitions of broadband, ranging up from 64 kbit/s up to 2.0 Mbit/s, the 2006 OECD(Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ) report is typical by defining broadband as having download data transfer rates equal to or faster than 256 kbit/s, while the United States (US) Federal Communications Commission (FCC) as of 2009, defines "Basic Broadband" as data transmission speeds exceeding 768 kilobits per second (Kbps), or 768,000 bits per second, in at least one direction: downstream (from the Internet to the user’s computer) or upstream (from the user’s computer to the Internet)]. The trend is to raise the threshold of the broadband definition as the marketplace rolls out faster services.
63. History Broadband Data rates are defined in terms of maximum download because several common consumer broadband technologies such as ADSL are "asymmetric"—supporting much slower maximum upload data rate than download.