BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Carrier
- a telecommunications company that provides network infrastructure services and charges customers for carrying their communications over the network. Carriers do not necessarily own their own network, but may rent time on a number of networks.
Wiktionary Definition for: Carrier
- A person or object that carry carries someone or something else.
- Ex:''aircraft carrier''
- Ex:''armored personnel carrier''
- A company in the business of shipping freight.
- A person or animal that transmits a disease to others without itself contracting the disease.
- A signal such as radio, sound, or light that is modulated to transmit information.
Additional Resources
- AT&T's CTO defends carrier's network, strategy
- SAN DIEGO--AT&T's CTO John Donovan used his keynote appearance at the CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment here to boast about his carrier's network, essentially using his chance in the limelight to defend the nation's No. 2 carrier against a growing range of critics picking at AT&T's network capacity constraints...
- News items 2009-10-08
- Telia International Carrier and Band-X drive co-lo QoS through carrier-neutral co-location trading with Band-X; TIC to trade carrier-neutral co-location services via online global trading exchange.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-11 September 2001-TELIA: Telia International Carrier and Band-X drive co-lo QoS through carrier-neutral co-location trading with Band-X; TIC to trade carrier-neutral co-location services via online global trading exchange C1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:11092001 London -- Telia International Carrier TIC UK...
- Research articles 2001-09-11
- Atrica's Carrier Ethernet Systems Receive MEF Certification; Industry-Leading Solutions Comply with MEF's Global Carrier Ethernet Service Definitions
- BERLIN & SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- AtricaTM, the Carrier Ethernet CompanyTM, today announced that its industry-leading Carrier Ethernet Systems have received official compliance certification from the Metro Ethernet Forum MEF. The certification, which was announced during a special awards ceremony today at the 2005 Carrier Ethernet World Congress in Berlin,...
- Research articles 2005-09-13
- Star buy. (News Update).(Lufthansa this month increased by 10 percent its holding in British carrier BMI British Midland.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- German flag carrier Lufthansa this month increased by 10 percent its holding in British carrier bmi british midland. The deal, valued at around $67 million, leaves Lufthansa with just less than 30 percent of the U.K. carrier, while CEO Michael Bisho German flag carrier Lufthansa...
- Research articles 2002-08-26
- Magnolia supplies chip to carrier.(News)
- Magnolia Broadband said it has signed a deal with a major Korean carrier to use its chip in a handset picked by the carrier. The unnamed carrier, according to Magnolia, will select a major handset maker and work with other carriers to promote the c ...
- Research articles 2005-03-14
- MIDEA AND TOSHIBA CARRIER TO ENTER JOINT VENTURE
- AsiaInfo Services 04-02-2004 Midea and Toshiba Carrier to Enter Joint Venture SHUNDE, Apr 02, 2004 SinoCast via COMTEX -- Midea Group Midea and Japan-basedToshiba Carrier Corporation Toshiba Carrier have reached an agreement to establish AsiaInfo Services ...
- Research articles 2004-04-02
- Dr. J. Charles Tracy named president, Carrier Components
- FARMINGTON, Conn. --BUSINESS WIRE-- Nov. 23, 1994 -- Carrier Corp. has named Dr. J. Charles Tracy to the newly created position of president, Carrier Components. In the new post, Tracy will direct the efforts of Carrier Electronics and Carrier Carlyle Compressor divisions. Tracy had been Carrier's...
- Research articles 1994-11-23
- Entegris Acquires Fiberless Disk Substrate Carrier Tech - Company Business and Marketing - Brief Article
- ENTEGRIS INC. RECENTLY unveiled what it says is the industry's first fiber-free carrier for hard-disk substrate polishing. Entegris' new Disk Substrate Polishing Carrier uses proprietary, patent-pending technology, which the company recently acquired from HP Plastics in Austin. Utilizing advanced, fiber-free polymers, this carrier improves disk-polishing yields by up to...
- Research articles 2000-10-02
- Horizon Lines (formerly CSX Lines) received Wal-Mart's annual "Carrier of the Year" award in the ocean carrier category for the third consecutive year.(Winners Circle)
- Horizon Lines formerly CSX Lines received Wal-Mart's annual "Carrier of the Year" award in the ocean carrier category for the third consecutive year. Horizon, which specializes in the ... Horizon Lines formerly CSX Lines received Wal-Mart's annual "Carrier of the Year" award in the...
- Research articles 2003-08-01
- CARRIER CMU: ENVIRONMENTALLY DRIVEN: Carrier Corporation accounts for the lion's share of United Technologies' three million dollars a day spent on Research & D
- 00-00-0000 According to Jim Dudas, vice president and general manager, Carrier Commercial Unitary Division CMU," In 1990, a number of economic regulatory and environmental factors brought Carrier Corporation to a crossroads. 00-00-0000 According to Jim Dudas, vice president and general manager,...
- Research articles 1995-02-01
- Carrier names vice president of strategic planning
- FARMINGTON, Conn.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 20, 1997--Carrier Corp. announced today that Stephen P. De Falco, 36, has been named vice president of strategic planning. De Falco, named to the post by Carrier President John R. Lord, will be based in Farmington, Conn. He will lead Carrier's worldwide strategy...
- Research articles 1997-03-20
- Willis H. Carrier Academy dedicated at N.Y. school: 100 years of modern A/C marked. (News & Analysis).(air-conditioning)(Carrier Corp. grant to William E. Grady Technical High School)(Brief Article)
- One hundred years to the day that Willis H. Carrier is credited with inventing modern air conditioning, an academy in his honor was dedicated at a high school in his native New York. Supported by a $100,000 grant from Carrier Corp., the Willis H. ...
- Research articles 2002-09-01
- Ireland's fastest growing mobile carrier goes live with inter-carrier interconnect billing solution in under three months -- Esat Digifone cites rapid deployment, functionality and scalability as the reasons for its choice.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-20 March 2000-INTEC SYSTEMS: Ireland's fastest growing mobile carrier goes live with inter-carrier interconnect billing solution in under three months -- Esat Digifone cites rapid deployment, functionality and scalability as the reasons for its choice C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:20032000...
- Research articles 2000-03-20
- New Toshiba Carrier Corp. looks for global expansion
- FARMINGTON, Conn. - Carrier Corp. has agreed to form a strategic alliance with Toshiba Corp., a Japanese manufacturer of residential and light commercial air conditioning and ventilation equipment, including compressors. Under terms of this alliance, Toshiba will separate its air conditioning equipment division from the...
- Research articles 1998-09-07
- New Toshiba Carrier Corp. looks for global expansion.
- FARMINGTON, Conn. -- Carrier Corp. has agreed to form a strategic alliance with Toshiba Corp., a Japanese manufacturer of residential and light commercial air conditioning and ventilation equipment, including compressors. Under terms of this alliance, Toshiba will separate its air conditioning equipment division...
- Research articles 1998-09-07
- Carrier reports growth in international sales.
- CHICAGO -- Carrier Corp. will build on its 1998 growth with acquisitions in 1999, the implementation of new manufacturing processes, and the introduction of new technologies, according to Guy Fauconneau, president of Carrier North American Operations NAO. Speaking during the recent IAHR Expo here,...
- Research articles 1999-03-08
- INSERTING and REPLACING Minnesota Homeowners Join National Litigation Against Carrier Corporation For Concealing Alleged Defects In High-Efficiency Carrier, Bryant, Payne and Day & Night Furnaces
- MINNEAPOLIS -- Insert "or http://www.heinsmills.com" in the last graph following the URL http://www.lieffcabraser.com/furnace.htm. The corrected release reads: MINNESOTA HOMEOWNERS JOIN NATIONAL LITIGATION AGAINST CARRIER CORPORATION FOR CONCEALING ALLEGED DEFECTS IN HIGH-EFFICIENCY CARRIER, BRYANT, PAYNE AND DAY & NIGHT FURNACES Class counsel announced that homeowners in Minnesota today...
- Research articles 2007-05-10
- Fibernet launches major new carrier hub for France; Paris Carrier Ring opens for business.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-30 March 2001-FIBERNET: Fibernet launches major new carrier hub for France; Paris Carrier Ring opens for business C1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:30032001 Basingstoke -- Fibernet [FIB LN], the high-speed data communications company, has begun taking orders for its Paris...
- Research articles 2001-03-30
- NorthStar Access Leverages Actelis Networks Carrier Ethernet over Copper Solution
- Wireless News 01-02-2008 NorthStar Access Leverages Actelis Networks Carrier Ethernet over Copper Solution WIRELESS NEWS-January 2, 2008-NorthStar Access Leverages Actelis Networks Carrier Ethernet over Copper Solution C2008 10Meters - http://www.10meters.com Actelis Networks, a supplier of Carrier Ethernet over Copper solutions,...
- Research articles 2008-01-02
- Lightship Telecom Collocates Carrier Access' Access Navigator in Central Offices to Speed Service Deployment and Lower Costs
- Business Editors BOULDER, Colo.--BUSINESS WIRE--Jan. 29, 2001 Carrier Access Corporation (Nasdaq:CACS): Lightship Also Utilizes Carrier Access' Adit 600 Customer Service Terminal in this Distributed Voice and Data Digital Loop Carrier System Carrier Access Corporation (Nasdaq:CACS), a leading provider of broadband access equipment to service...
- Research articles 2001-01-29
