He said the development meant "heightened competition for the likes of Texas Instruments," and for cellular phone manufacturers, like Nokia, Ericsson and Motorola.
The arrival of BT Sport to the market for television rights has heightened competition and brought the prospect of greater broadcast revenue for the Welsh rugby regions.
Large-scale irrigation projects along the Sénégal River that date from the 1980s have greatly heightened competition for agricultural lands in that region, known as the Chemama.
But as the United States and other rich nations hit by the global financial crisis face their own daunting challenges, there is heightened competition for foreign assistance.
"Firstly, the report is an extremely transparent assessment," said Tyler Van Leeuwen, an analyst at Advanced Resources, adding that many experts agreed with its conclusions and that by identifying promising areas, the report heightened competition for Southwestern.
Others include the increasing sophistication and declining loyalty of customers, heightened competition for deposits and the effects of the subprime lending crisis.
This high stocking density must have led to heightened competition for forage, as there was little left by the end of July 2005, which is abnormal in Kitengela during a normal rainfall year as was the case in 2005.
"With heightened competition for nearly every one of its key drugs, we expect 2005 to mark the first year of single-digit growth (5%), which represents 45% of sales and 55% to 60% of profits, since 1997," CSFB said.
The bloodshed is fueled by the disintegration of large cartels amid heightened competition for control not only of drug trafficking but also of local rackets such as extortion and kidnapping.
As it gets ready Monday to publicly show off portions of its upcoming Office 2010 suite for the first time, Microsoft faces heightened competition from its chief nemesis Google.
