2009-7-27 P,1
Unit 7
Society and Telecommunication
Chapter Three
&Part4 Extensive Reading@ Part 1 Notes to Text
@Part5 Notes to Passage& Part 2 Word Study
@Part3 Practice on Text @Part6 Practice on Passage
2009-7-27 P,2
@ Part 1 Notes to Text
1) In 2006,estimates placed the telecommunication industry's
revenue at $1.2 trillion or just under 3% of the gross world
product,据估计电信工业的收入在 2006高达 1.2万亿美元，或者说几乎是占世界生产总产值的 3%。
注释,可以将该句改写为,It was estimated that the
telecommunication industry's revenue reached $1.2 trillion or
just under 3% of the gross world product in 2006。
2) However,according to academic Edward Lenert,even the
conventional retailer Wal-Mart has benefited from better
telecommunication infrastructure than its competitors.然而，
根据学者 Edward Lenert声称，即使是传统的零售商沃尔玛都从比其竞争对手更先进的电信基本设施中获得了利益。
注释,Wal-Mart（沃尔玛）公司由美国零售业的传奇人物山姆 ·沃尔顿先生于 1962年在阿肯色州成立。经过四十多年的发展，沃尔玛公司已经成为美国最大的私人雇主和世界上最大的连锁零售商。目前，
沃尔玛在全球开设了近 6,800家商场，员工总数 190多万人，分布在全球 14个国家。每周光临沃尔玛的顾客 1.76亿人次。
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3) On the macroeconomic scale,Lars-Hendrik Roller and Leonard
Waverman suggested a causal link between good telecommunication
infrastructure and economic growth.从宏观经济规模来看,Lars-Hendrik
Roller和 Leonard Waverman都认为良好的电信基础设施与经济增长之间有着因果联系。
注释,介词短语 On the macroeconomic scale意思是“宏观经济规模地”；
Lars-Hendrik Roller和 Leonard Waverman两位都是欧洲著名的经济学家。
4) A 2003 survey by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
revealed that roughly one-third of countries have less than 1 mobile
subscription for every 20 people and one-third of countries have less
than 1 fixed line subscription for every 20 people,国际电信联盟 2003年的一份调查显示,大约有三分之一的国家中，每 20个人中移动电话订户还不到 1个 ；有三分之一的国家，每 20个人中的固定电话订户也不到 1个。
注释,国际电信联盟（ ITU）是电信界最权威的标准制订机构，成立于 1865
年 5月 17日,1947年 10月 15日成为联合国的一个专门机构，总部设在瑞士日内瓦。
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5) Using this measure,countries such as Sweden,Denmark and
Iceland receive the highest ranking while African countries
such as Niger,Burkina Faso and Mali receive the lowest.采用这种方法，象瑞典、丹麦、和冰岛这样的国家获得了最高的排名；而非洲国家，如尼日尔、布基纳法索和马里等国家的排名则最低。
注释,分词短语 Using this measure是指上文所说的利用 Digital
Access Index 来衡量公民获取和使用信息及通信技术的整体能力。
这是 ITU发布的所谓,信息及通讯技术排名榜” 。
End
2009-7-27 P,5 End
1,estimate n,估计,估价 11,causal adj,因果关系的
2,trillion num,万亿 12,infrastructure n,基本设施
3,microeconomic n,微观经济 13,dispute v,争论,辩论
4,scale n,比例,数值范围 14,correlation n,相互关系,相关 (性 )
5,retailer n,零售商 15,divide n,分水岭，分水线
6,academic adj,学院的,理论的 16,reveal v,显示,揭示
7,competitor n,竞争者 17,subscription n,订购，订阅
8,delivery n,递送,交货 18,index n,指数
9,isolated adj,隔离的,孤立的 19,ranking n,排名，列队
10.macroeconomic n,整体经济
& Part 2 Word Study
2009-7-27 P,6
Task 1,Listening training
Dictation of some key words
Directions,You will hear some key words twice,most of which are taken from
the Word Study,Then finish the Crossword Puzzle,(See you book p,)
2,Dictation of some key expressions
Directions,You will hear some key expressions twice,most of which are
taken from this text,Then you are asked to complete the missing words.
@Part3 Practice on Text
1) _____________society
2) _________________retailer
3) isolated_____________
4) economic____________
5) the world's______________
6) ____________subscription
modern
conventional
villagers
growth
population
mobile
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Read and Reply
Directions:Students are required to read aloud the whole text after
the teacher,Then give short answers to the following questions:
a) Who has benefited from the better telecommunication
infrastructure according to academic Edward Lener?
b) How do people make use of telecommunication when
dealing with housework?
Task 2,Read,Write and Translate
the conventional retailer Wal-Mart
They organize many home services ranging from pizza
deliveries to electricians
Because almost everyone in the world has got a cell phone to
keep in touch with the outside world at any time,
c) Why do we say that we rely on more and more
telecommunication technologies in our daily work?
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( )1) Telecommunication plays a very important roloe in our
modern society,and it has brought a lot of wealth to us,
( )2) Telecommunication has helped us build up a new mode of
thinking and life,
( )3) Good telecommunication infrastricture has nothing to do
with economic growth,
( )4) We should not worry about anything since we bennfit a lot
from good telecommunication infrastructure.
( )5) Those who don’ t have Internet access are people who
don’ t know how to make use of Internet.
Read and Judge
End
T
T
F
F
F
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Directions:Read the following short passage,Complete it by filling in the missing words.
A,control B,support C,industry D,systems E,realizing
F,toward G,so as to H,deal wit I,Quality J,that
There is a significant trend 1)________outsourcing in the
Telecommunications 2)________,Suppliers in North America
currently 3)________ numerous contractors and are finding
4)________they are losing 5)_______of the costs and the
6)________of work,More and more,carriers are 7)________the
benefits of outsourcing to third parties 8)________offer services
such as customer-care and billing 9)________,network planning,
and construction and operations 10)________systems.
Read and Complete
End
F
C
H
J A
I E
G
D
B
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1) 据说每天做操对我们有益。（ benefit from）
2) 电信设施是国家的经济基础设施之一。（ infrastructure）
3) 在大学学习期间我们六个同学合用一间宿舍。 (share)
4) 每一个同学都有权利使用学校的图书馆。 (access)
5) 只有最高级别的军官才能阅读这些文件。 (rank)
Read and Translate
Directions:Put the following sentences into English,using the words or phrases given.
End
It is said that we can benefit from everyday exercises.
Telecommunication facilities are one of the country’ s
economic infrastructures.
We six students used to share one bedroom when studying
at college.
Every student has access to the library.
These papers are restricted to the highest ranking officers.
2009-7-27 P,11
Deployment of Telecommunications Networks
A telecommunications network is the combination of
numerous network elements that are required to support voice,
data,or video services in local or long-distance applications,A
telecommunications network is the foundation(基础 ) of all
telephony(电话制造 ) activity,It is the network that connects the
end user to virtually anywhere in the world through the use of
copper(铜 )cable,coaxial(同轴的 ) cable,and fiber cable— or
through wireless technology such as microwave or satellite,
The deployment(部署 )of the telecommunications network is the
final stage of the process,and it requires experts from a
number of different disciplines(学科 ),including design (outside
plant and central office [CO],construction (outside-plant cable
placing),and CO equipment installation and testing,The most
effective way to manage this stage of the process is to use a
company that serves as a single point of contact with project-
management expertise(专门技术 )and that can manage every
aspect of the entire job.
&Part4 Extensive Reading
2009-7-27 P,12
The recent deregulation(开放 ) of the telecommunications industry
has opened up a whole new line of business in the area of
installation and construction of telecommunications networks,For
the most part,these businesses are made up of small companies
that can offer partial solutions to large projects,with only a few
companies offering total turnkey(全包的 )solutions,
Major carriers,particularly Regional Bell Operating Companies
(RBOCs),are beginning to recognize a recent lack of quality control
from a number of small vendors(供货商 ),The world is experiencing a
shortage of skilled resources and increased costs and yet remains
reluctant to hire and train people,As a result,there has been a
movement to a small number of large preferred suppliers,
Consequently,the recent trend in the telecommunications industry
is to move away from using numerous small contractors(承包人 ) who
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are able to complete various pieces of the project,and head
toward outsourcing the deployment of entire networks to
companies that can serve as a single source supplier,Some of
the key benefits of outsourcing(外购,外雇 )to a company that
provides turnkey solutions are as follows,
project management— ensures on-time,on-budget(准确预算 ),and
quality completion of the project
high quality of service and workmanship
resources— large number of highly skilled technicians on staff
continuous training of resources— leading-edge technology
size and affiliations(联营 )— financial stability
End
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@Part5 Notes to Passage
1) It is the network that connects the end user to virtually
anywhere in the world through the use of copper cable,coaxial
cable,and fiber cable— or through wireless technology such
as microwave or satellite.正是互联网将终端用户通过铜质电缆、
同轴电缆、光纤电缆 ---或通过无限技术，例如微波或卫星，与世界上任何一个实地相连接。
注释,该句采用了强调句型。被强调部分 the network是句子的主语；
两个由介词 through引导的短语均为方式状语。
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2) The deployment of the telecommunications network
is the final stage of the process,and it requires experts
from a number of different disciplines,including design
(outside plant and central office [CO]),construction
(outside-plant cable placing),and CO equipment
installation and testing,部署电信网络是这一程序的最后阶段，这需要大量不同学科的专家，其中包括设计（室外设计和中心局端设计）、工程（室外电缆安置）以及中心局端设备安装与测试。
注释,此句是由两个主谓结构构成的并列句。第二分句的主语 it指代的其实就是第一分句的主语“部署电信网络”；介词短语 from a number of different disciplines是定语，修饰前面的名词 experts。
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3) The recent deregulation of the telecommunications
industry has opened up a whole new line of business in
the area of installation and construction of telecommuni-
cations networks.最近由于放松了对电信业的管制，这一举措在电信网络安装与建设这一领域中开辟了一个崭新的行业。
注释,动词短语 has opened up是“已开辟出”的意思；介词短语 in the area of… 是定语，修饰 a whole new line of
business。
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4) Major carriers,particularly Regional Bell Operating Companies
(RBOCs),are beginning to recognize a recent lack of quality
control from a number of small vendors,主要运营商，尤其是地方贝尔运营公司，渐渐认识到目前缺乏对众多小供货商的质量监控。
注释：地方贝尔运营公司（ RBOC）是在 AT＆ T公司分解后，于 1984
年按照重建协议建立的。总共有 22个 RBOC，最后的重建协议是美国地方法庭的最终判决修正案（ MFJ）。这个最终判决修正案结束了司法部对 AT＆ T的指控。
RBOCs组成 7个地方贝尔控股公司。每个 RBOC在某个地理区域内工作，每个区域分为叫做本地访问和传输区域（ LATA）的服务区域。 LATA在重建时被规定，现有近 200个。 LATA划分了本地服务和长途服务的界限。
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1.Listening Challenge
Spot Dictation
Directions,The following passage will be heard 3 times,During the second time,you
are required to put the missing words or phrases in the numbered blanks according to
what you hear,The third time is for you to check your answers,Now the passage
begins.
Currently,1)____________of service providers are outsourcing to
third parties,but that number is projected to increase to 2)________
percent within two years.3)______________,28 percent of service
providers report that they 4)______________network planning and
5)_____________to 6)____________,and this number is projected to
increase to 7)________ percent in the near future.
Data networks are altering the makeup of today's8)__________; as a
result,9)__________in North America are expanding their networks
to provide greater broadband10)___________________.
@Part6 Practice on Passage
End
60 percent
74
At present
outsource
construction third parties
38
networks
suppliers
to their customers
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End of this Unit
Unit 7
Society and Telecommunication
Chapter Three
&Part4 Extensive Reading@ Part 1 Notes to Text
@Part5 Notes to Passage& Part 2 Word Study
@Part3 Practice on Text @Part6 Practice on Passage
2009-7-27 P,2
@ Part 1 Notes to Text
1) In 2006,estimates placed the telecommunication industry's
revenue at $1.2 trillion or just under 3% of the gross world
product,据估计电信工业的收入在 2006高达 1.2万亿美元，或者说几乎是占世界生产总产值的 3%。
注释,可以将该句改写为,It was estimated that the
telecommunication industry's revenue reached $1.2 trillion or
just under 3% of the gross world product in 2006。
2) However,according to academic Edward Lenert,even the
conventional retailer Wal-Mart has benefited from better
telecommunication infrastructure than its competitors.然而，
根据学者 Edward Lenert声称，即使是传统的零售商沃尔玛都从比其竞争对手更先进的电信基本设施中获得了利益。
注释,Wal-Mart（沃尔玛）公司由美国零售业的传奇人物山姆 ·沃尔顿先生于 1962年在阿肯色州成立。经过四十多年的发展，沃尔玛公司已经成为美国最大的私人雇主和世界上最大的连锁零售商。目前，
沃尔玛在全球开设了近 6,800家商场，员工总数 190多万人，分布在全球 14个国家。每周光临沃尔玛的顾客 1.76亿人次。
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2009-7-27 P,3
3) On the macroeconomic scale,Lars-Hendrik Roller and Leonard
Waverman suggested a causal link between good telecommunication
infrastructure and economic growth.从宏观经济规模来看,Lars-Hendrik
Roller和 Leonard Waverman都认为良好的电信基础设施与经济增长之间有着因果联系。
注释,介词短语 On the macroeconomic scale意思是“宏观经济规模地”；
Lars-Hendrik Roller和 Leonard Waverman两位都是欧洲著名的经济学家。
4) A 2003 survey by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
revealed that roughly one-third of countries have less than 1 mobile
subscription for every 20 people and one-third of countries have less
than 1 fixed line subscription for every 20 people,国际电信联盟 2003年的一份调查显示,大约有三分之一的国家中，每 20个人中移动电话订户还不到 1个 ；有三分之一的国家，每 20个人中的固定电话订户也不到 1个。
注释,国际电信联盟（ ITU）是电信界最权威的标准制订机构，成立于 1865
年 5月 17日,1947年 10月 15日成为联合国的一个专门机构，总部设在瑞士日内瓦。
2009-7-27 P,4
5) Using this measure,countries such as Sweden,Denmark and
Iceland receive the highest ranking while African countries
such as Niger,Burkina Faso and Mali receive the lowest.采用这种方法，象瑞典、丹麦、和冰岛这样的国家获得了最高的排名；而非洲国家，如尼日尔、布基纳法索和马里等国家的排名则最低。
注释,分词短语 Using this measure是指上文所说的利用 Digital
Access Index 来衡量公民获取和使用信息及通信技术的整体能力。
这是 ITU发布的所谓,信息及通讯技术排名榜” 。
End
2009-7-27 P,5 End
1,estimate n,估计,估价 11,causal adj,因果关系的
2,trillion num,万亿 12,infrastructure n,基本设施
3,microeconomic n,微观经济 13,dispute v,争论,辩论
4,scale n,比例,数值范围 14,correlation n,相互关系,相关 (性 )
5,retailer n,零售商 15,divide n,分水岭，分水线
6,academic adj,学院的,理论的 16,reveal v,显示,揭示
7,competitor n,竞争者 17,subscription n,订购，订阅
8,delivery n,递送,交货 18,index n,指数
9,isolated adj,隔离的,孤立的 19,ranking n,排名，列队
10.macroeconomic n,整体经济
& Part 2 Word Study
2009-7-27 P,6
Task 1,Listening training
Dictation of some key words
Directions,You will hear some key words twice,most of which are taken from
the Word Study,Then finish the Crossword Puzzle,(See you book p,)
2,Dictation of some key expressions
Directions,You will hear some key expressions twice,most of which are
taken from this text,Then you are asked to complete the missing words.
@Part3 Practice on Text
1) _____________society
2) _________________retailer
3) isolated_____________
4) economic____________
5) the world's______________
6) ____________subscription
modern
conventional
villagers
growth
population
mobile
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Read and Reply
Directions:Students are required to read aloud the whole text after
the teacher,Then give short answers to the following questions:
a) Who has benefited from the better telecommunication
infrastructure according to academic Edward Lener?
b) How do people make use of telecommunication when
dealing with housework?
Task 2,Read,Write and Translate
the conventional retailer Wal-Mart
They organize many home services ranging from pizza
deliveries to electricians
Because almost everyone in the world has got a cell phone to
keep in touch with the outside world at any time,
c) Why do we say that we rely on more and more
telecommunication technologies in our daily work?
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( )1) Telecommunication plays a very important roloe in our
modern society,and it has brought a lot of wealth to us,
( )2) Telecommunication has helped us build up a new mode of
thinking and life,
( )3) Good telecommunication infrastricture has nothing to do
with economic growth,
( )4) We should not worry about anything since we bennfit a lot
from good telecommunication infrastructure.
( )5) Those who don’ t have Internet access are people who
don’ t know how to make use of Internet.
Read and Judge
End
T
T
F
F
F
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Directions:Read the following short passage,Complete it by filling in the missing words.
A,control B,support C,industry D,systems E,realizing
F,toward G,so as to H,deal wit I,Quality J,that
There is a significant trend 1)________outsourcing in the
Telecommunications 2)________,Suppliers in North America
currently 3)________ numerous contractors and are finding
4)________they are losing 5)_______of the costs and the
6)________of work,More and more,carriers are 7)________the
benefits of outsourcing to third parties 8)________offer services
such as customer-care and billing 9)________,network planning,
and construction and operations 10)________systems.
Read and Complete
End
F
C
H
J A
I E
G
D
B
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1) 据说每天做操对我们有益。（ benefit from）
2) 电信设施是国家的经济基础设施之一。（ infrastructure）
3) 在大学学习期间我们六个同学合用一间宿舍。 (share)
4) 每一个同学都有权利使用学校的图书馆。 (access)
5) 只有最高级别的军官才能阅读这些文件。 (rank)
Read and Translate
Directions:Put the following sentences into English,using the words or phrases given.
End
It is said that we can benefit from everyday exercises.
Telecommunication facilities are one of the country’ s
economic infrastructures.
We six students used to share one bedroom when studying
at college.
Every student has access to the library.
These papers are restricted to the highest ranking officers.
2009-7-27 P,11
Deployment of Telecommunications Networks
A telecommunications network is the combination of
numerous network elements that are required to support voice,
data,or video services in local or long-distance applications,A
telecommunications network is the foundation(基础 ) of all
telephony(电话制造 ) activity,It is the network that connects the
end user to virtually anywhere in the world through the use of
copper(铜 )cable,coaxial(同轴的 ) cable,and fiber cable— or
through wireless technology such as microwave or satellite,
The deployment(部署 )of the telecommunications network is the
final stage of the process,and it requires experts from a
number of different disciplines(学科 ),including design (outside
plant and central office [CO],construction (outside-plant cable
placing),and CO equipment installation and testing,The most
effective way to manage this stage of the process is to use a
company that serves as a single point of contact with project-
management expertise(专门技术 )and that can manage every
aspect of the entire job.
&Part4 Extensive Reading
2009-7-27 P,12
The recent deregulation(开放 ) of the telecommunications industry
has opened up a whole new line of business in the area of
installation and construction of telecommunications networks,For
the most part,these businesses are made up of small companies
that can offer partial solutions to large projects,with only a few
companies offering total turnkey(全包的 )solutions,
Major carriers,particularly Regional Bell Operating Companies
(RBOCs),are beginning to recognize a recent lack of quality control
from a number of small vendors(供货商 ),The world is experiencing a
shortage of skilled resources and increased costs and yet remains
reluctant to hire and train people,As a result,there has been a
movement to a small number of large preferred suppliers,
Consequently,the recent trend in the telecommunications industry
is to move away from using numerous small contractors(承包人 ) who
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are able to complete various pieces of the project,and head
toward outsourcing the deployment of entire networks to
companies that can serve as a single source supplier,Some of
the key benefits of outsourcing(外购,外雇 )to a company that
provides turnkey solutions are as follows,
project management— ensures on-time,on-budget(准确预算 ),and
quality completion of the project
high quality of service and workmanship
resources— large number of highly skilled technicians on staff
continuous training of resources— leading-edge technology
size and affiliations(联营 )— financial stability
End
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@Part5 Notes to Passage
1) It is the network that connects the end user to virtually
anywhere in the world through the use of copper cable,coaxial
cable,and fiber cable— or through wireless technology such
as microwave or satellite.正是互联网将终端用户通过铜质电缆、
同轴电缆、光纤电缆 ---或通过无限技术，例如微波或卫星，与世界上任何一个实地相连接。
注释,该句采用了强调句型。被强调部分 the network是句子的主语；
两个由介词 through引导的短语均为方式状语。
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2) The deployment of the telecommunications network
is the final stage of the process,and it requires experts
from a number of different disciplines,including design
(outside plant and central office [CO]),construction
(outside-plant cable placing),and CO equipment
installation and testing,部署电信网络是这一程序的最后阶段，这需要大量不同学科的专家，其中包括设计（室外设计和中心局端设计）、工程（室外电缆安置）以及中心局端设备安装与测试。
注释,此句是由两个主谓结构构成的并列句。第二分句的主语 it指代的其实就是第一分句的主语“部署电信网络”；介词短语 from a number of different disciplines是定语，修饰前面的名词 experts。
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3) The recent deregulation of the telecommunications
industry has opened up a whole new line of business in
the area of installation and construction of telecommuni-
cations networks.最近由于放松了对电信业的管制，这一举措在电信网络安装与建设这一领域中开辟了一个崭新的行业。
注释,动词短语 has opened up是“已开辟出”的意思；介词短语 in the area of… 是定语，修饰 a whole new line of
business。
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4) Major carriers,particularly Regional Bell Operating Companies
(RBOCs),are beginning to recognize a recent lack of quality
control from a number of small vendors,主要运营商，尤其是地方贝尔运营公司，渐渐认识到目前缺乏对众多小供货商的质量监控。
注释：地方贝尔运营公司（ RBOC）是在 AT＆ T公司分解后，于 1984
年按照重建协议建立的。总共有 22个 RBOC，最后的重建协议是美国地方法庭的最终判决修正案（ MFJ）。这个最终判决修正案结束了司法部对 AT＆ T的指控。
RBOCs组成 7个地方贝尔控股公司。每个 RBOC在某个地理区域内工作，每个区域分为叫做本地访问和传输区域（ LATA）的服务区域。 LATA在重建时被规定，现有近 200个。 LATA划分了本地服务和长途服务的界限。
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1.Listening Challenge
Spot Dictation
Directions,The following passage will be heard 3 times,During the second time,you
are required to put the missing words or phrases in the numbered blanks according to
what you hear,The third time is for you to check your answers,Now the passage
begins.
Currently,1)____________of service providers are outsourcing to
third parties,but that number is projected to increase to 2)________
percent within two years.3)______________,28 percent of service
providers report that they 4)______________network planning and
5)_____________to 6)____________,and this number is projected to
increase to 7)________ percent in the near future.
Data networks are altering the makeup of today's8)__________; as a
result,9)__________in North America are expanding their networks
to provide greater broadband10)___________________.
@Part6 Practice on Passage
End
60 percent
74
At present
outsource
construction third parties
38
networks
suppliers
to their customers
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