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Health care to spend billions on telecommunications (access required)

by Amy Gillentine Published: November 16,2009

Tags: Health Care, information technology, telecommunications

The health care industry is expected to spend $55.5 billion on telecommunication services during the next five years – giving that sector a boost even as the economy recovers. A new market research study by Insight Research shows pending services will grow at a compounded rate of 10.2 percent during the forecast period, increasing from $7.1 billion [...] [...]

Phony phone bills try to swindle Qwest subscribers (access required)

by admin Published: September 27,2002

Tags: Law and Legal Services, telecommunications

The familiar “walking fingers” logo was once synonymous with the telephone yellow pages, but fraud artists sending bogus bills to telephone subscribers are illegally collecting over $500 million annually, Qwest said. “Bogus bills are created to look like legitimate yellow pages invoices with the ‘walking fingers’ logo; however many yellow pages publishers, including QwestDex, have completely [...] [...]

Technology keeps callers well connected (access required)

by admin Published: September 6,2002

Tags: high tech, online, telecommunications, Wireless

Forget the cell phone of yesterday… just take a look at what is available today. Today’s phones will connect you directly to the Internet, at speeds faster than a regular dial-up computer. They let you send pictures, e-mail, make phone calls and play games. In addition, many of them do it in color. Sprint’s PCS Vision features [...] [...]

Tomorrow’s voice/data/video convergence today (access required)

by Becky Hurley Published: August 23,2002

Tags: high tech, telecommunications

The telecommunications industry, like a bucking bronco, has thrown a number of corporate “cowboys” out of the saddle over the past twenty years. Maybe the rough ride is due to the high cost of keeping up with technology – or the result of mergers that dilute corporate cultures and diminish good customer service. Pat Galvin, [...] [...]

Real Estate Briefs August 16, 2002 (access required)

by Becky Hurley Published: August 16,2002

Tags: Industrial Real Estate, telecommunications

Hope I didn’t throw those of you looking for the Urban Land Institute update a curve last week. The information was held for this week’s column instead. As usual, commercial real estate seems to be attracting renewed attention in the face of the stock market’s contractions – it’s even starting to attract the attention of [...] [...]

Wireless communication now a viable alternative (access required)

by admin Published: August 16,2002

Tags: high tech, Media, telecommunications, Wireless

Wireless data systems solutions have become a multi-trillion dollar per year global industry because of recent advances in telecommunications software and hardware. The following presents the first of a series highlighting different aspects of high-speed data transfer. To understand wireless data solutions, it is essential we first understand the precious resource referred to as the radio [...] [...]

Gloom & doom for remaining WorldCom staff (access required)

by admin Published: August 2,2002

Tags: human resources, telecommunications

The several hundred Colorado Springs WorldCom workers laid off last month have partly reconciled their fate; those still employed say in the wake of the firm’s bankruptcy filing they are waiting for the other shoe to drop. “It’s like the sun won’t come up,” said Barbara, still employed, but suffering from stress and depression and fearing [...] [...]

Strategic partnerships key to network dynamics (access required)

by Becky Hurley Published: July 5,2002

Tags: high tech, Military, online, telecommunications, Wireless

Imagine this: You are the CEO of a company that generates hundreds of thousands of data files each year. Your back-up systems include standard servers and secured off-site storage. But September 11 happens or a wild fire threatens your facility. Suddenly greater security is an issue, but you can’t justify the cost [...] [...]

Old Colorado Springs bed & breakfast serves up video conferencing (access required)

by admin Published: July 5,2002

Tags: high tech, Hotels and Lodging, online, telecommunications

In the dark days following the terrorist attacks on New York and the Pentagon, many businesses suffered major revenue losses. Many didn’t recover, and lots that did found new niches for their services.Locally, Old Town Guesthouse in Old Colorado City was among the survivors, but not by doing business as usual.“The terrorist attacks hurt our [...] [...]

Founder of USA.NET shares his secrets for success at Colo. Springs seminar (access required)

by admin Published: September 21,2001

Tags: high tech, online, telecommunications

John Street will be the first to tell you that he’s learned about his industry through trial and error. But it’s that perseverance that has put this businessman in the top echelon in his field. As chairman of the board and founder of USA.NET, Street shared his experiences in a seminar presented during the Rocky Mountain [...] [...]

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