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A telephone company (or telco) provides telecommunications services such as telephony and data communications. Most of the largest telcos are or were at one time nationalized or state-regulated monopolies. These monopolies are often referred to, primarily in Europe, as PTTs.

Telcos are also known as common carriers and local exchange carriers. With the advent of cellular telephony, telcos now include wireless carriers, or network operators.

Most telcos now also function as ISPs, and the distinction between telco and ISP may disappear completely over time, as the current trend for supplier convergence in the industry continues.

On the original Saturday Night Live, guest host comedian Lily Tomlin satirized the attitude of the Bell System, which held monopoly control of the telephone industry in America, with a skit in which she played one of her trademark characters, telephone operator Ernestine. In the skit, she disconnects the phone service for a large area, and utters the now-famous quote:

"We don't care.
We don't have to.
We're the phone company."


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Telecommunication is the transmission of signals over a distance for the purpose of communication. In modern times, this process typically involves the sending of electromagnetic waves by electronic transmitters, but in earlier times telecommunication may have involved the use of
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In telecommunication, telephony (IPA pronunciation: [tə'lɛfəˌni]) encompasses the general use of equipment to provide voice communication over distances, specifically by connecting telephones to each other.
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Computer networking is the engineering discipline concerned with communication between computer systems or devices. Networking, routers, routing protocols, and networking over the public Internet have their specifications defined in documents called RFCs.
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monopoly (from Greek monos, one + polein, to sell) is defined as a persistent market situation where there is only one provider of a product or service, in other words a firm that has no competitors in its industry.
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A postal, telegraph, and telephone (or PTT) is or was a government agency responsible for postal mail, telegraph, and telephone services in many countries worldwide other than North America and Japan.
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A common carrier is an organization that transports persons or goods, and offers its services to the general public.
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Local Exchange Carrier (LEC) is a regulatory term in telecommunications for the local telephone company.

In the United States, wireline telephone companies are divided into two large categories: long distance (interexchange carrier, or IXCs) and local (local exchange
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mobile phone or cell phone is a long-range, portable electronic device used for mobile communication. In addition to the standard voice function of a telephone, current mobile phones can support many additional services such as SMS for text messaging, email, packet switching
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A mobile network operator (MNO), also known as wireless service provider, wireless carrier, mobile phone operator, or cellular company, is a telephone company that provides services for mobile phone subscribers.
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A mobile network operator (MNO), also known as wireless service provider, wireless carrier, mobile phone operator, or cellular company, is a telephone company that provides services for mobile phone subscribers.
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Internet service provider (abbr. ISP, also called Internet access provider or IAP) is a business or organization that provides consumers or businesses access to the Internet and related services. In the past, most ISPs were run by the phone companies.
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Supplier convergence is a term used to describe the ongoing trend of companies offering a combination of services or products that were previously supplied by separate companies.
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Saturday Night Live (SNL) is a weekly late night 90 minute American comedy-variety show based in New York City that has been broadcast live by NBC on Saturday nights since October 11, 1975.
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A comedian, or comic, is a performer who entertains an audience by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting the fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy.
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Lily Tomlin

Birth name Mary Jean Tomlin
Born September 1 1939 (1939--) (age 68)
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.

Spouse(s) Jane Wagner (ca.
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The Bell System was a trademark and service mark used by the United States telecommunications company American Telephone & Telegraph Company (AT&T) and its affiliated companies to co-brand their extensive circuit-switched telephone network and their affiliations with each other.
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monopoly (from Greek monos, one + polein, to sell) is defined as a persistent market situation where there is only one provider of a product or service, in other words a firm that has no competitors in its industry.
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Skit, a type of short performance, can refer to:
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telephone operator is either
  • a person who provides assistance to a telephone caller, usually in the placing of operator assisted telephone calls such as calls from a pay phone, collect calls (called reversed-charge

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Bell Aliant Regional Communications

Public
TSX:  BA.UN
Founded 1999
Headquarters Halifax, Nova-Scotia

Key people Stephen Wetmore (President and CEO)
Industry Communications Services
Operating income $2.
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ALLTEL Corporation

Public (NYSE:  AT )
Founded 1983
Headquarters Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

Key people Scott T. Ford, President & CEO
Industry Communications Services
Products Telecommunications
Revenue $7.
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Orange España is a mobile network operator in Spain. It was previously known as Amena (pleasant in an amusing way in Spanish) until 2005, when it was bought by France Télécom. Its competitors are Movistar, Vodafone Spain and Yoigo.
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Orange S.A.

Private
Founded April 1994
Headquarters Paris, France

Industry Telecommunications
Parent France Télécom
Website www.orange.com

Orange SA IPA: [ɔʀɑ̃ʒ]
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América Móvil

Public (NYSE:  AMX , BMV: AMX , NASDAQ:  AMOV )
Founded Mexico City, Mexico (2000)
Headquarters México, DF, Mexico

Key people Carlos Slim Helú, chairman
Daniel Hajj Aboumrad, General Manager
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Bharti Enterprises (Airtel)

Public, Listed on BSE
Founded 1985
Headquarters New Delhi, India

Key people Sunil Mittal
Industry Telecom
Products Mobile and Fixed-Line Telecommunication operator
Revenue USD 33.
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AT&T Inc.

Public (NYSE:  T )
Founded 1983[1]
Headquarters San Antonio, Texas, USA

Key people Randall L. Stephenson, Chairman/CEO; Richard Lindner, CFO
Industry Telecommunications
Products Wireless, Telephone, Internet, Television
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BC Tel was the legal operating name for the holding company BC TELECOM Inc. created in 1993 to manage the assets of the British Columbia Telephone Company, which in turn was established in 1923. The federal charter for the British Columbia Telephone company was obtained in 1916.
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TELUS Corporation

Public
TSX:  T
NYSE:  TU
Founded Edmonton, Alberta (1990)
Headquarters Burnaby, British Columbia

Key people Darren Entwistle, President and CEO
Industry Telecommunications
Revenue C$8.
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Belgacom

Autonomous public-sector company
Founded 1930
Headquarters Brussels, Belgium

Key people Didier Bellens, President and CEO, Theo Dilissen, Chairman of the Board of Directors
Industry telecommunications operator
Revenue € 6.
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