* Vishal Patel TRANFORMATION OF TELEPHONES Modern man enjoys a number of wonderful gifts of science. The telephone is one of them. It is the quickest means of conveying messages from one place to another. After the invention of this instrument‚ man has conquered time and space. Our lives have become so busy in the new world and have no time for our family members and relatives. But this distance is not the end because the new technologies have changed our lives in many ways and have connected
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The following questions are intended to guide you in the identification of important case issues (these are similar to the assignment questions at the end of the case). 1) Identify which of Prestige Data Services’ costs are variable‚ fixed‚ or mixed (recall that for a mixed cost‚ total costs = fixed costs + (variable cost per unit of cost driver x units of cost driver)). For variable costs‚ estimate variable costs per unit of cost driver (note that the cost driver may not be the same for every
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The Telephone “Before the telephone came to Magdaluna‚ Im Kaleem’s house was bustling at just about any time of day‚ especially at night‚ when its windows were brightly lit with three large oil lamps‚ and the loud voices of the men talking‚ laughing‚ and arguing could be heard in the street below—a reassuring‚ homey sound” Anwar F. Accawi (p. 46). It’s hard to imagine that a single device such as the telephone‚ albeit a breakthrough in technology‚ could change not only a person’s day to day
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| Prestige Data Service 2010 SUMMER Executive Summary To assist Prestige Telephone Company on making the decision of continue its subsidiary or not‚ this report provides an analysis of Prestige Data Service (the subsidiary) on the status quo revenues and costs‚ a prediction on its break even situation‚ as well as possible options to increase profit. The report has its limitations due to insufficient detailed information on both other revenues and variable costs of Prestige Data Service
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The Telephone By Alexander Graham Bell [pic] The invention of the telephone is the culmination of work done by many individuals‚ the history of which involves a collection of claims and counterclaims. The prerequisite for the development of the telephone goes back to the year 1833 were Carl Friedrich Gauß and Wilhelm Eduard Weber invented the electric transmission of signals in Göttingen which set the fundamental basis for the technology that was used in all inventions
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In Anwar Accawi’s story “The Telephone” had a deep explanation of the importance of community. This essay reignited my feelings about the community I had back in Bangladesh. I used to live in a setting similar to Magdaluna’s. It was a neighborhood where everybody would know everybody else. If anybody would get sick‚ other people would come to see and wish him/her quick recovery. People tend to ignore sick people nowadays but there was a time when people would go visit their neighbors and extend their
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Prestige Telephone Company I. Case Background Prestige Data Services (PDS)‚ a subsidiary of Prestige Telephone Company (PTC)‚ has been experiencing bottom line losses for the two years it has been operating since 1995. The subsidiary has been performing all the data processing for the telephone company and selling computer services to other companies and organizations. Susan Bradley‚ the subsidiary manager was preparing for a meeting with Daniel Rowe‚ president of Prestige Telephone
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Summary Prestige Data Services is a subsidiary of Prestige Telephone Company‚ designed to perform data processing for the telephone company and also to sell computer services to other companies and organizations. The subsidiary started operations in 1995 and has yet to experience a profitable month and by the end of 1996 its income was low enough to necessitate a report to shareholders. Mrs. Bradley thinks the company just needs more time while Mr. Rowe feels it is time to reassess Prestige Data
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1. Prestige Data Services apparently has not lived up to its parent company’s expectation. However‚ based on the numbers‚ the Prestige Data Services appears to be rather potential after just two years of performance. Its revenue hours sold to outside firms have being growing‚ and the majority of Prestige Data Services’ costs are fixed costs‚ e.g.‚ rent‚ custodial services‚ computer lease‚ maintenance‚ etc. In order to determine whether or not the subsidiary is indeed “too good to give up‚” two
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Case Analysis: Prestige Telephone Company Liam Hennessy‚ Xinyi Zhang‚ Yuan Chai‚ and Anthony Saba 1. Reasons for Continuing Losses Prestige Data Services’ main problem is that they have too many available hours that are not generating any revenue. In the first quarter of 2003‚ they have an average of 176 available hours per month of available hours. Its operations exact a huge amount of fixed costs to cover. If they could find more commercial customers for the available capacity‚ they could
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