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Commercialization of Postal and Delivery Services: National and International Perspectives (Hardcover, 1995 ed.): Michael A.... Commercialization of Postal and Delivery Services: National and International Perspectives (Hardcover, 1995 ed.)
Michael A. Crew, Paul R. Kleindorfer
R4,562 Discovery Miles 45 620 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

xiii * We have almost the cheapest letter price in the OEeD. * We've quadrupled the retail outlets where you can buy stamps, but closed three quarters of our Post Offices. On time delivery is better than 97%. * The workforce has been reduced by 40%, with a 25% increase in volumes over the period. Real unit costs, measured by total real expenditure divided by total volumes, have been reduced by over 20%. What do these results and achievements mean for policy setters around the world? In particular, do these results for New Zealand Post prove that it is a commercial business, and what are the lessons for other postal businesses? Market Forces New Zealand Post presently has a limited letter monopoly, a 45 cent letter price against an 80 cent competitive floor price. The existence of this level of protection somehow negates the company's commercial achievements. The combination of high efficiency and low prices cannot persuade everyone that the results are not my view, are the only ones that can solely monopoly driven. Market forces, in answer my question: is New Zealand Post a commercial organization? We need the test offree and open competition to see whether we've got the business formula right. Before advancing this argument, which in essence is the case for deregulation, it may be useful to distinguish between market behavior and Post behavior.

Global Players in Telecommunications - Proceedings of a Congress Held in Munich, April 20/21, 1994 (Paperback, Softcover... Global Players in Telecommunications - Proceedings of a Congress Held in Munich, April 20/21, 1994 (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994)
Eberhard Witte
R2,861 Discovery Miles 28 610 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The forthcoming privatization of the German Telekom and the opening of the European Market create a demand for competition of all communication service companies across the borders. In order to gain an overall view on the worldwide strategies of the important and especially active Telecommunication companies, the "Munchner Kreis" has organized a congress, entitled "Global Players in Telecommunication."
In this volume, leading representatives of the most important public telecommunication companies are explaining their present situation and specifying their future activities."

Implementing EDI (Hardcover): Mike Hendry Implementing EDI (Hardcover)
Mike Hendry
R2,928 Discovery Miles 29 280 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This superb introduction examines all aspects of implementation from concept to reality, and spells out the pros, cons, and effects of EDI in your organization. The cost of EDI hardware, software, training, transmission, and maintenance are broken down and clearly explained to prevent problems and maximize benefits. Checklists and procedural guidelines are also offered to ease your EDI transition -- so that you're never left with a system you can't put online quickly and efficiently.

Broadband - Business Services, Technologies and Strategic Impact (Hardcover): David Wright Broadband - Business Services, Technologies and Strategic Impact (Hardcover)
David Wright
R3,578 Discovery Miles 35 780 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Broadband technology is ushering the telecom industry through a unique period of change with profound business implications for suppliers and users. This single source describes the four major broadband technologies that are shaping telecommunications networks: frame relay; optical fiber (including SONET); distributed queue dual bus (DQDB); and asynchronous transfer mode (ATM).

Inbound Call Centers - Design, Implementation and Management (Hardcover): Robert A Gable Inbound Call Centers - Design, Implementation and Management (Hardcover)
Robert A Gable
R3,223 Discovery Miles 32 230 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Delivers a conceptual overview of call centres - the products that support them, the designs that make them work and the ongoing management that is required for their successful operation.

Regulation and the Nature of Postal and Delivery Services (Hardcover, 1993 ed.): Michael A. Crew, Paul R. Kleindorfer Regulation and the Nature of Postal and Delivery Services (Hardcover, 1993 ed.)
Michael A. Crew, Paul R. Kleindorfer
R4,581 Discovery Miles 45 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book is based on a conference on Regulation and the Evolving Nature of Postal and Delivery Services: 1992 and Beyond' held at Village PTT, La Londe les Maures, France, on March 18, 1992. Leading practitioners, worldwide postal administrations, and the express delivery industry, as well as a number of regulators, academic economists, and lawyers examine the important policy and regulatory issues facing the postal and delivery industries. This includes such issues as: international postal policy and the role of the Universal Postal Union; regulation and terminal dues; competition, entry and the role of scale and scope economies; the nature and role of costs analysis in postal service; productivity; and service standards.

Private Telecommunication Networks (Hardcover): Bruce R. Elbert Private Telecommunication Networks (Hardcover)
Bruce R. Elbert
R3,762 Discovery Miles 37 620 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Setting Global Telecommunications Standards - The Stakes, the Players and the Process (Hardcover): Gerd Wallenstein Setting Global Telecommunications Standards - The Stakes, the Players and the Process (Hardcover)
Gerd Wallenstein
R3,206 Discovery Miles 32 060 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Combines four approaches to the subject: the reporting of newsworthy developments, the analysis of these developments, the synthesis of decisions and events occurring over widely dispersed areas, and the author's judgment and opinion about the significance of these events. Chapters discuss the indus

International Telecommunication Management (Hardcover): Bruce R. Elbert International Telecommunication Management (Hardcover)
Bruce R. Elbert
R2,717 Discovery Miles 27 170 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Fibre Optics and Cable Television Business Strategy (Hardcover): Robert K. Yates, Etc, Nolwen Mahe, Jerome Masson Fibre Optics and Cable Television Business Strategy (Hardcover)
Robert K. Yates, Etc, Nolwen Mahe, Jerome Masson
R2,941 Discovery Miles 29 410 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Blends technical detail and industry analysis in coverage of all aspects of fiber optics as it relates to CATV. Includes applications of principles and sufficient technical information to plan an advanced cable system, and can be used for strategic planning as well as engineering and network plannin

After the Breakup - U.S. Telecommunications in a More Competitive Era (Paperback, New): Robert W Crandall After the Breakup - U.S. Telecommunications in a More Competitive Era (Paperback, New)
Robert W Crandall
R804 Discovery Miles 8 040 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"The U.S. telecommunications industry has undergone dramatic changes in recent years that have touched almost every American home and business. The average American can dial almost anywhere in the world directly, store and forward a message, or transmit a fax in less than a minute; often for less than the real cost of a 500-mile telephone call tweny-five years ago. The combination of telecommunications breakthroughs, competition among new and old carriers, and the AT&T breakup has transformed the telephone industry and provided customers with a new array of equipment and services. Robert W. Crandall examines the effects of the AT&T breakup and weighs the costs and benefits to the residential and business consumer. On balance, he finds that the efficiency gains from opening up the telephone industry have more than offset the possible efficiency losses, which may be caused by the sacrifice of economies of scale and scope or the absence of fully compatible equipment and services. The replacement of regulation with competition has led to greater productivity in the telephone industry, a more efficient rate structure, and lower equipment prices. Crandall traces the telecommunications evolution from its early beginnings as pairs of copper wires up through the historic 1982 decision to divest. He investigates the impact of technological changes, competition, and the advent of divestiture on the quality of service, local and interexchange service rates, productive efficiency, and income distribution. He also focuses on problems that linger after the breakup in the increasingly competitive but highly regulated sector. "

Broadband Local Area Network Technology (Hardcover): Gary Y. Kim Broadband Local Area Network Technology (Hardcover)
Gary Y. Kim
R2,957 Discovery Miles 29 570 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Minimum Risk Strategy for Acquiring Communications Equipment and Service (Hardcover): Nathan J Muller Minimum Risk Strategy for Acquiring Communications Equipment and Service (Hardcover)
Nathan J Muller
R3,570 Discovery Miles 35 700 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A technical tutorial and a systematic strategy for corporate managers responsible for approving, recommending, or specifying the purchase of an elaborate, expensive communications network system. Does not compare the merits of available products, but introduces an approach for evaluating their stren

The Manager's Guide to Centrex (Hardcover): John R. Abrahams The Manager's Guide to Centrex (Hardcover)
John R. Abrahams
R2,925 Discovery Miles 29 250 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Digital Cellular Radio (Hardcover): George Calhoun Digital Cellular Radio (Hardcover)
George Calhoun
R3,028 Discovery Miles 30 280 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Offers synthesized information on the rapidly evolving technology of digital cellular radio, including historical development, current status, and future trends of the mobile telephone field.

The Law and Regulation of International Space and Communication (Hardcover): Rita Lauria White, Harold M. White The Law and Regulation of International Space and Communication (Hardcover)
Rita Lauria White, Harold M. White
R3,671 Discovery Miles 36 710 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Bibliography of Telecommunications and Socio-economic Development (Paperback): Heather E. Hudson A Bibliography of Telecommunications and Socio-economic Development (Paperback)
Heather E. Hudson
R3,164 Discovery Miles 31 640 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Wired into Nature - The Telegraph and the North American Frontier (Paperback): James Schwoch Wired into Nature - The Telegraph and the North American Frontier (Paperback)
James Schwoch
R653 Discovery Miles 6 530 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The completion of the Transcontinental Telegraph in 1861 completed telegraphy's mile-by-mile trek across the West. In addition to linking the coasts, the telegraph represented an extraordinary American effort in many fields of endeavor to know, act upon, and control a continent. Merging new research with bold interpretation, James Schwoch details the unexplored dimensions of the frontier telegraph and its impact. The westward spread of telegraphy entailed encounters with environments that challenged Americans to acquire knowledge of natural history, climate, and a host of other fields. Telegraph codes and ciphers, meanwhile, became important political, military, and economic secrets. Schwoch shows how the government's use of commercial networks drove a relationship between the two sectors that served increasingly expansionist aims. He also reveals the telegraph's role in securing high ground and encouraging surveillance. Both became vital aspects of the American effort to contain, and conquer, the West's indigenous peoples-and part of a historical arc of concerns about privacy, data gathering, and surveillance that remains pertinent today. Entertaining and enlightening, Wired into Nature explores an unknown history of the West.

Communication Satellites - Power Politics in Space (Hardcover): Larry F. Martinez Communication Satellites - Power Politics in Space (Hardcover)
Larry F. Martinez
R2,810 Discovery Miles 28 100 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Telecommunications - An Interdisciplinary Text (Hardcover): Leonard Lewin Telecommunications - An Interdisciplinary Text (Hardcover)
Leonard Lewin
R5,237 Discovery Miles 52 370 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Technology Transfer (Hardcover, 1975 ed.): H.F. Davidson, M Cetron, J. D. Goldhar Technology Transfer (Hardcover, 1975 ed.)
H.F. Davidson, M Cetron, J. D. Goldhar
R3,047 Discovery Miles 30 470 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Several formerly independent trends including the in creasing rate of technological change, the demand for greater efficiency and productivity in R&D and innovation, and the need for applying technology to the solution of pressing social and economic problems have recently begun to reinforce each other resulting in renewed interest in technology trans fer activities and research. The proliferation of research efforts in the U. S. and Western Europe, increased corporate and governmental efforts to develop mechanisms and incentives for transfer and the growing closeness between transfer and innovation studies led to the decision to convene a meeting with representatives from both research and practice in trans fer and innovation in order to establish a "state-of-the-art" baseline and to promote discussion between the researchers and practioners from all sectors in the hope that new research will better reflect the realities of current practice and new mechanisms created by practioners might be improved through the use of knowledge generated from research. How close we came~to the second goal is a question which must be left to the fut~re. The proceedings which follow re flect the first goal. If the papers and conclusions occasional ly appear to be contradictory or repetitive, or naive, or over ly pessimistic or simply based upon too narrow a base or re search or experience, they are an accurate reflection of both the state-of-the-art and the lack of communications among in dividuals and organizations involved in similar activities.

Faith and Depression (Hardcover): Howard Jonas Faith and Depression (Hardcover)
Howard Jonas
R393 R344 Discovery Miles 3 440 Save R49 (12%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A few years ago, there were hundreds of "dot com millionaires." When the Internet bubble burst and the smoke cleared, few of those titans were left standing. Howard Jonas and his company, IDT, were among the few survivors, and IDT now ranks among the top players in the telecommunications field. Maybe it's got something to do with Jonas. His quirky personality is anything but average. He doesn't run IDT the way Wall Street wants him to. He does it his way, and his attitude toward business and life - strongly grounded in his traditional Jewish values - is refreshingly uncommon. ..". exemplary in his pursuit for truth and ... his ability to adopt his findings into his own life." -- Morry Weiss, chairman of the American Greetings Corporation ..". the book reads as the story of a Jew seeking to translate passionate memory into passionate purpose." -- Richard Joel, president, Yeshiva University "An easy and entertaining read, this book is a must for people of all faiths " -- Eric Cantor, Deputy Majority Whip, U.S. Congress (R-Virginia) "An extraordinary baring of Howard Jonas' soul. Thoughtful, insightful, moving. A great read " --Shelley Berkley, Representative, U.S. Congress (D-Nevada) This book is an entertaining, enlightening, occasionally intense first-person glimpse at Howard's take on life. Look at the world through his eyes and you're guaranteed to see things differently. For readers who enjoyed: Trump: The Art of the Deal (9780345479174), The Warren Buffett Way (9780471743675), Rich Dad, Poor Dad (9780446567404), God in the Marketplace (9780805446883)

Cloud, Fog, and Edge - Technologies and Trends in Telecommunications Industry (Hardcover): Abdulrahman Yarali Cloud, Fog, and Edge - Technologies and Trends in Telecommunications Industry (Hardcover)
Abdulrahman Yarali
R6,350 R5,735 Discovery Miles 57 350 Save R615 (10%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The 21st century has marked the arrival of new digital technologies that transform the way enterprises operate and people live their lives. From social media sites and smartphone technology to video streaming and cloud computing, there has been a bevy of new applications that are impacting society and business seemingly on a daily basis. Considering technology and networking is a constantly changing field, some of its aspects need to be changed to conform to newly set trends. Even though prior network management frameworks have proved efficient in the past years, change is inevitable. More and more people use the internet and more scalable network management architecture needs to be developed. In that respect, the telecommunication industry has seen tremendous growth accompanied by various challenges. Ideally, the expectations of all these include the quality of service and customer services as well as mitigating any threats that are affecting the service providers. With many opportunities being granted, telecommunication has a wide range of emerging content. For instance, there is the exponential growth of the Internet of Things devices and 5G network data, and the acceleration of cloud-based network adoption. More so, there are smart cities, mobile broadband, massive connectivity, artificial intelligence, and automation. Moving on to trends in big data, the development of the Internet of Things has brought into the picture countless innovative sources of big data. Cloud computing has served as one of the biggest trends in the last ten years and fog computing exhibits greater prospects. Cloud computing is changing the way we access applications and hardware as well as the business and healthcare environments. Even though there is presently a considerable amount of work underway at cloud data centers, the fog computing trend is bound to change things. Many of the important and disruptive IoT trends are taking place in the industrial setting in terms of transport, manufacturing, and utilities. In terms of smart living, turning regular homes into smart homes is a developing trend that is progressively getting bigger every single day. Automation and pervasive networks emerge from the combination of virtualization, IoT, densification, and 5G to replace today's atomistic networks. All of these trends are coined from the dynamism that is witnessed in computerized systems that have the unending need to offer improved and more efficient services. In this book, the author has discussed the future roadmap of telecommunications and the major disruptions that will drive the most change in this industry. The focus of this book concerns the cloud, fog and edge computing with their benefits, and challenges.

Spreading the News - The American Postal System from Franklin to Morse (Paperback, New Ed): Richard R. John Spreading the News - The American Postal System from Franklin to Morse (Paperback, New Ed)
Richard R. John
R1,095 Discovery Miles 10 950 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In the seven decades from its establishment in 1775 to the commercialization of the electric telegraph in 1844, the American postal system spurred a communications revolution no less far-reaching than the subsequent revolutions associated with the telegraph, telephone, and computer. This book tells the story of that revolution and the challenge it posed for American business, politics, and cultural life. During the early republic, the postal system was widely hailed as one of the most important institutions of the day. No other institution had the capacity to transmit such a large volume of information on a regular basis over such an enormous geographical expanse. The stagecoaches and postriders who conveyed the mail were virtually synonymous with speed. In the United States, the unimpeded transmission of information has long been hailed as a positive good. In few other countries has informational mobility been such a cherished ideal. Richard John shows how postal policy can help explain this state of affairs. He discusses its influence on the development of such information-intensive institutions as the national market, the voluntary association, and the mass party. He traces its consequences for ordinary Americans, including women, blacks, and the poor. In a broader sense, he shows how the postal system worked to create a national society out of a loose union of confederated states. This exploration of the role of the postal system in American public life provides a fresh perspective not only on an important but neglected chapter in American history, but also on the origins of some of the most distinctive features of American life today.

From Iron Fist to Invisible Hand - The Uneven Path of Telecommunications Reform in China (Hardcover): Irene S. Wu From Iron Fist to Invisible Hand - The Uneven Path of Telecommunications Reform in China (Hardcover)
Irene S. Wu
R1,529 Discovery Miles 15 290 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

" From Iron Fist to Invisible Hand" uses telecommunications policy as a window to examine major contradictions in China's growth as an economic and political superpower. While China policy analysts wonder why the government occasionally restrains growth and raises prices, technologists marvel at how the telecommunications industry continues to grow enormously despite constraints and unpredictability in the market. Frustration is pervasive in the business environment, where regulations are constantly changing. This book provides six policy-focused case studies, each centered on a question with implications for telecome stakeholders, such as: Who is the regulator?Who are the regulated? Which foreigners can enter China, thereby regulating wholesale prices, setting consumer prices, and introducing Internet and innovative technologies? These cases explain the government's liberal and conservative approach toward reform, the policies that both promote and constrain business, and the major hurdles that lie ahead in telecommunications reform.

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