The Demand for Telecommunication Services - ARCHIVED
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The new reality in the telecommunication service industry is one of competition among service suppliers for market shares. This paper analyzes and presents information from a survey on the demand and diffusion of telecommunication services by Business Services firms.
Businesses care very much about the prices of these services. At the same time they care about the range and the quality of services offered. They believe that use of such services is indispensable in dealing with their clients and improves their productivity. Currently, the service used the most is facsimile. Large firms use telecommunication services more extensively than others and they are taking full advantage of competition. 61% of the large firms surveyed use at least one alternative supplier. Firms in the computer services industry have a different pattern of use than other industries in the group. There is potential for growth in the use of all services.
Main Product: Analytical Paper Series - Service Industries Division
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November 20, 1998 |
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- Advertising agencies
- Analytical products
- Architects
- Architectural design
- Business services
- Cellular telephones
- Competitiveness
- Computer services
- Customer service
- Engineering
- Expenditures
- International comparisons
- Knowledge-based economy
- Long distance telephone services
- Market share
- Medium-sized enterprises
- Paging
- Radios
- Regulations
- Size of business
- Subscribers
- Suppliers
- Supply and demand
- Survey methodology
- Surveys
- Technological innovations
- Telecommunications service providers
- Teleconferencing
- Telephone services
- Videos
- Voice mail
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