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Service Mark
SERVICE MARK A trademark that is used in connection with services. Businesses use service marks to identify their services and distinguish them from other services provided in the same field. Service marks consist of letters, words, symbols, and other devices that help inform consumers about the... Read more |
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Internet service provider
INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER (ISP) Internet service providers (ISPs) provide access to the Internet through telephone dial-up connections as well as through permanent or "always-on" connections. As of 2001, businesses and consumers could choose from among an estimated 7,000 national, regional, or... Read more |
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Customer service
Customer Service The term "customer service" encompasses a variety of techniques used by businesses to ensure the satisfaction of a customer, from friendly and attentive staff to prompt response when confronted with product defects. Successful small business owners often cite customer service as... Read more |
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National Health Service
National Health Service. Established in 1948, the NHS grew out of the Second World War's reconstruction planning of social and medical services, after long debate over health-care provision (Dawson Report, 1920; Cathcart Report, 1936; Sankey Commission, 1937). The 1942 Beveridge Report assumed that... Read more |
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Application Service Provider
APPLICATION SERVICE PROVIDER (ASP) An application service provider (ASP) is a company that delivers and manages software applications and computer services from a remote data center to multiple users. Companies typically access these applications and services over the Internet, through a virtual... Read more |
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Express delivery services
COURIER SERVICES COURIER SERVICES are companies that transport and deliver documents, packages, and larger shipments of products, although traditionally they specialized in the rapid delivery of such items as legal documents that required signatures. They Provide services to companies and... Read more |
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Long distance telephone services
Business Failures Many companies have built successful businesses sending television programs, computer data, long-distance phone calls, and other information around the world via satellite. Satellites are able to send information to people across an entire continent and... Read more |
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Hungarian Telephone and Cable Corp
Hungarian Telephone and Cable Corp. 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 3400Seattle, Washington 98101U.S.A.Telephone: (206) 654-0204Fax: (206) 652-2911Web site: http://www.htcc.hu Public CompanyIncorporated: 1992Employees: 900Sales: $60.3 million (2004)Stock Exchanges: AmericanTicker Symbol: HTCNAIC:... Read more |
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Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission (FCC), independent executive agency of the U.S. government established in 1934 to regulate interstate and foreign communications in the public interest. The FCC is composed of five members, not more than four of whom may be members of the same political party,... Read more |
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FCC bars long-distance provider for slamming
...Communications Commission imposed its...group of companies for illegally...people to its long-distance service without permission. The Fletcher Cos. also...penalizing a company for ... |
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FCC BARS LONG-DISTANCE SLAMMERS.(BUSINESS)
...group of companies Tuesday for...people to its long-distance service without permission. The Fletcher Cos. also...Communications Commission said it received...companies stopped providing ... |