Sentence examples for smaller telecoms from inspiring English sources

And they've been highly successful in the past luring away enterprise users from smaller telecoms like Windstream.

Prior to the trading interruption, China Mobile was down 3.8%, to 125.10 Hong Kong dollars ($16.04), while the smaller telecoms were all up impressively: China Unicom shares leapt by 11.9%, to 18.48 Hong Kong dollars ($2.34); China Netcom similarly rocketed, up by 12.5%, to 27.05 Hong Kong dollars ($3.47); China Telecom gained 7.0%, to 5.67 Hong Kong dollars (73 cents).

Some smaller telecom companies will get acquired.

Other founding members of Evolve are expected to include AT&T, the Competitive Carrier Association, which represents smaller telecom companies, and CTIA, the country's top wireless association.

On Tuesday, industry associations representing smaller telecom companies and start-ups asked the FCC to apply Title II of the Communications Act to Internet providers.

Nokia is in talks to buy smaller telecom equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent, a deal that would combine the industry's two weakest players but could pose challenges in cutting costs and overcoming political opposition.

Gigi Sohn, executive director of Public Knowledge, a public interest group, said she was disappointed that the FCC didn't propose giving smaller telecom firms easier access to lines owned by the dominant companies so that they can better compete.

Analysts say smaller telecom players, such as equipment vendors and wireless technology companies, may also be disappointed because the major telcos likely already have partners in mind to build out their new networks.

Optical fibres installed by CityFibre, a small telecoms company, allow services 70 times faster than the national average.

The entire small business exemption idea, she notes, was inspired by a similar one for small telecoms providers, exempting them from long-distance call documentation.

Last month, he drew fire from the main lobby for small telecoms, CompTel, when Verizon Communications, the largest Bell, was granted relief from rules governing the high-speed data services it sells to business customers.