But analysts say it now needs to bolster customers on its nationwide fiber-optic network and prove it can be successful against competitors invading its turf.
MobiCart says it's also bolstered customer support — good news for the companies that rely on its m-commerce app building solution, after that element of the startup went a tad wobbly in the midst of founder Baranoff-Rossine leaving.
As noted here, while Prime may seem to be simply about shipping, it is really about bolstering customer loyalty and encouraging consumers to buy more products than they might otherwise purchase.
The company, which is based in RIM's hometown of Waterloo, Ontario, says that it plans to use this investment to bolster its customer service and cloud infrastructure, support global growth and to accelerate the development of its platform.
Several technology companies are claiming to be outraged by what's been going on, and say they're taking steps to bolster their customers' and users' security.
Unlike previous contenders, ESPN and Setanta, BT has deep pockets and a real incentive to compete as it looks to bolster its broadband customer base (which Sky has been successfully, and lucratively, raiding for years).
Several German newspapers, which have taken to hounding Mr Ackermann, have argued this week that he has lost the credibility to see through the acquisition of another big German bank, which they believe is now needed to bolster Deutsche's customer and capital base.
Verizon Communications, the nation's second-largest telephone company, said on Friday that its profit doubled during the last quarter, bolstered by customers attracted by its portfolio of iPhone and Android devices.
But the UK business, a self-styled "scale-challenger" to the big four high street banks, was bolstered by customers switching their current accounts to its 1|2|3 account which charges £2 a month but pays out 3% interest on balances up to £20,000.
This fall Fossil launched a line of up-market purses ($150 to $400) aimed at a 25- to 35-year-old customer to bolster its existing midpriced brands.
