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Are bigger Bells better?

It may have been the passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 that paved the way for SBC Communications, Inc. and Pacific Telesis Group to enter into their blockbuster merger agreement last week. But it is the continuing heavy hand of telecommunications regulation that will limit new opportunities for the integrated company and its customers. Teaming up will create a telecommunications colossus, second in size only to AT&T. But it will be some time before the union will pay dividends to customers in terms of expanded long-distance options and other emerging services because of the new law. If anything, the merger announcement left some California users jittery over the prospect of SBC - a carrier considered largely indifferent to the specialized network needs of big corporations - taking over Pacific
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Telecommunications services providers (TSP) include local telephone companies, local exchange carriers, and wireless communications services. They allow users of landlines and cell phones to send and receive telephone calls and faxes.
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Telecommunications infrastructure services provide setup, maintenance and consulting for all data and voice communications technologies.
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Third generation (3G) cellular communication chips include UMTS and EDGE chips. Universal mobile telecommunication system (UMTS) chips provide high-speed data access. Enhanced data rates for GSM evolution (EDGE) chips make GSM implementation easier.
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Splice kits are used to establish a connection between two cables.
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Single board computers (SBC) serve as the motherboard for instrumentation systems including modern PCs. SBCs are composed of a microprocessor, memory chip, and serial and parallel interfaces to communicate with other devices.
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