Understandably you do not want to suffer the hassle of changing your number or the expense of upgrading to a smartphone that has this facility.
With profits and Mount Slover's supply of limestone both dwindling, Mr. Repman said, he cannot justify the expense of upgrading the core of the Colton plant, its coal-burning kilns, where 2,000-degree 2,000-degreeimestone into a building block of cement.
With announced dual-mode products (S-CDMA with DOCSIS compliance) the company could have a strong play for operators who want to get to market fast and avoid the expense of upgrading their networks immediately.
In the on-premise model, which most of SAP's customers use, the customer bears the expense of upgrades.
This is becoming increasingly popular, particularly in the business world, as it allows companies to avoid the expense of maintaining, upgrading, and fixing complicated software installations.
Eventually I would go through the time and expense of upgrading and doing it all over again — and all the while, those boxes kept accumulating on my shelves.
The company has been slow to upgrade its systems because of the costs involved and the need to justify the expense of the upgrade to its shareholders.
It's small, has no floppy disk and can be managed remotely, reducing the expense of maintaining and upgrading an enterprise full of PCs.
The expense of operating and upgrading network infrastructure to 4G, coupled with downward pressure on margins thanks to declining ARPU (average revenue per user) and increasing competition from over the top Internet companies means telecoms companies are under pressure to work together more than ever before.
Any components blocking two-way traffic still must be replaced, but Terayon's system will work on older, noisy, all-coaxial systems without the expense of fiber upgrades and node splits.
Should they face the expense and upheaval of upgrading to new systems, or stick to what they know and hope for the best?
