Trucking Technology Report - March 27
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Churn Rates in US Don't Burn Wireless Providers
Telephia and Harris Interactive conducted a survey of 15,000 wireless users in the ten leading markets in the United States. The study found that only 12% of participants change service providers.The study also found that 15% did subscribe to a service provider when the study was conducted. Of those, 53% said they were interested in using wireless services in the following year, while 16% said they were not likely to use mobile service again.
The average turnover rate for wireless service providers throughout the United States is 12%, the study concluded. eMarketer (03/26/01)
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AT&T May Change Breakup Plan
AT&T's plan to split itself into three separate companies may not go through as expected.At first, the plan was for AT&T to create separate mobile, broadband, and corporate-services companies, while its consumer long-distance business would trade as a tracking stock.
However, AT&T has restarted negotiations with British Telecommunications about a merger of the two companies' corporate-services divisions and has pondered whether the consumer long-distance operations should be combined with the cable-TV business, sources knowledgeable about the issue said.
Some industry watchers and investors believe the unit, which is set to become an AT&T tracking stock later in the year, will rather be purchased by another cable company after the shares are registered for a public issue.
AT&T's plan to spin off its AT&T Wireless division in April seems to have stayed on track. The division, which trades as a tracking stock, will have its own common stock once it becomes independent. Wall Street Journal (03/27/01); Solomon, Deborah
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E-Commerce Takes Off at Trucking Companies
According to a recent census report by the Department of Commerce regarding e-commerce activity in 1999, the trucking industry transacted nearly $3 billion over the Internet, or about 1.4% of the revenue total for that year. Courier and messenger services accounted for nearly $697 million in e-transactions or about 0.4% of the total revenue.The report analyzed nearly all the national e-commerce activity, including goods and services sold over the Internet, intranet, extranet and proprietary networks using EDI.
Of all the industry sectors examined for this report, manufacturing was the leader at 12% of the total or $485 billion in e-transactions. Traffic World (03/26/01); Hickey, Kathleen
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