Sentence examples for Incumbent position from inspiring English sources
"SingTel's incumbent position in Sinapore will be challenged," Mr. Wong said.
"We expect to gain an incumbent position with many new customers and strengthen our position with others".
On July 15, WorldCom lost its incumbent position as primary provider of telecom infrastructure for America's air traffic control system.
Oracle is pouring everything it can into leveraging its massive incumbent position in databases into various offerings of database as a service.
The report that its position at the organization was getting replaced by some 650,000 Apple devices would have been a catalysing example of how far it had fallen from its incumbent position as the king of enterprise mobility.
While Nokia consistently failed to parlay its incumbent position on mobile into a strong smartphone business in the years before its Microsoft sale, perhaps a restructured and smaller business will come out fighting in a way that the Old Nokia never managed to do.
The rapid advancement in logistics technology will probably pressure shipping companies like FedEx to protect their incumbent positions and develop new lines of business, according to a July report published by the management consulting firm McKinsey & Co. FedEx competitor UPS is experimenting with drone deliveries, as are tech giants Amazon and Google.
What is reminiscent of iPadnomics is the speed with which the disruption is underestimated, the naiveté with which the backlash is orchestrated, and the resultant vaulting of the service into a near-incumbent position before the deposed incumbents can retrench from the initial mistaken counterattack.
Judicious action by antitrust authorities now could ensure that it adds to competition in the electricity market rather than simply entrenching the incumbents' positions.
As the disruptor improves its offering, though, the incumbent's position becomes increasingly fragile.
Arguing on behalf of the city, Stephen Kitzinger, senior counsel in the city's Law Department, said the claims "have no merit whatsoever" and added, "This law does not preserve an incumbent's position for another four years".
