Nortel Networks Corp ., a maker of equipment for optical networks, once had considerable business dealings with WorldCom _ until all major long-haul voice and data carriers found themselves stuck with too much fiber in the ground and not enough customers.
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However, EPCIS does not require the use of Electronic Product Codes, nor of Radio-Frequency Identification ( RFID ) data carriers, and as of EPCIS 1.1 does not even require instance-level identification ( for which the Electronic Product Code was originally designed ).
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The write-downs also included 3.19 billion euros ( dlrs 2.82 billion ) related to German mobile operator Mobilcom, in which France Telecom purchased a 28.5 percent stake in 2000, and 2.08 billion euros ( dlrs 1.84 billion ) linked to data carrier Equant.
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Aside from customers who emerge stymied from dealing with the complexities of DSL service, the brunt of the chaos has been felt by the small Internet service providers and the data carriers that have been unable to meet overly optimistic subscriber growth estimates.
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The bank raised its provisions for loan losses 47 percent, to $ 209 million, with the bulk of the increase stemming from a $ 91 million write-off of nearly all its loans to Teleglobe, the intercontinental voice and data carrier owned by BCE of Montreal.
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The personalization of the new generation of passports with the electronic data carrier is carried by laser engraving at the Branches of Goznak at the Main Personalization Center at the Moscow Printing Factory and at the Multifunctional Personalization Center at the Moscow Printing Works.
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Newbridge Networks Corp . fell C $ 3.35 to C $ 1.35 after the communications-equipment maker and data carrier was downgraded to " neutral " from " buy " by analyst Robert MacLelland at SBC Warburg Dillon Read Inc . because of lower earnings expectations.
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A risky acquisition strategy that included mobile phone operator Orange, data carrier Equant and Internet service provider ( ISP ) Freeserve as well as several new, third-generation mobile phone licences had left France Telecom with the infamous title of the " world's most indebted listed company ".
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Newbridge Networks Corp . fell C $ 3 . 35 to C $ 1 . 35 after the communications-equipment maker and data carrier was downgraded to " neutral " from " buy " by analyst Robert MacLelland at SBC Warburg Dillon Read Inc . because of lower earnings expectations.
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A key principle of EPCIS is that unlike raw data captured from data carriers such as bar codes and RFID tags, EPCIS events include additional information that imbues the raw observations with meaning relative to the physical or digital world and to specific steps in operational or analytical business processes.
