The communications marketplace will continue to be competitive, but Verizon has the size and the product line to be one of the eventual winners.
As to what will be the most valued skills set for the next 5 to 10 years, Otis maintained that strong communications skills are and will continue to be very important.
Contrary to the expectations of the Internet zealots of the late 1990's, the industry's most potentially disruptive killer application will continue to be voice communications.
Julian Cole, a strategy director at the New York office of Bartle Bogle Hegarty, part of the Publicis Groupe, was promoted to a new post, communications planning department head, and will continue to be in charge of the agency's work as the lead creative agency on the Sony PlayStation account.
Corning, which formerly produced glass and cookware, is now a world leader in fiber optic cable, Mr. Frels said, adding, "They hold a leading position in the communications industry, which we feel will continue to be one of the fastest-growing industries over the foreseeable future".
If Facebook is a platform (which it now is), then WhatsApp will continue to be a communications utility.
Apparently, "finance, judicial, communications, military and transport infrastructure will continue to be targets".
Safe burial practices introduced during the outbreak will be phased out, according to NERC's communications coordinator Tunis Yayah, but will continue to be used for suspicious cases.
Ms. Mathis will continue to be responsible for investor relations, media relations, public relations, community relations, crisis communications, corporate speechwriting, employee communications and the company's Internet and Intranet sites.
