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- Path: sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!lll-winken!telecom-request
- From: andyr@wizzy.com (Andy Rabagliati)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Re: US Losing Lead in Telecom - USC Report
- Message-ID: <telecom13.37.4@eecs.nwu.edu>
- Date: 21 Jan 93 20:33:40 GMT
- Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu
- Organization: W.Z.I.
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- X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 13, Issue 37, Message 4 of 15
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- In article <telecom13.19.3@eecs.nwu.edu> MCMANGPH@NUSVM.BITNET (Ang
- Peng Hwa) writes:
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- > This report is from UPI:
-
- > Los Angeles -- America's traditional lead in telecommunications is
- > eroding very rapidly as other nations promote new technologies,
- > according to a study released Wednesday.
-
- > Nations like Japan, the United Kingdom, Singapore and others write
- > off and replace equipment twice as fast as most US carriers."
-
- Well, the United Kingdom had Strowger mechanical exchanges in a lot of
- places up until eight years ago. They held back on their equipment
- replacement until BT's System X was ready.
-
-
- Cheers,
-
- Andy.
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