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Project Leaders Helped Make a Mobile-Messaging Service Launch Far Exceed Initial Expectations—Revenues Alone Exceeded Forecasts by 600 Percent—and Established a Trajectory for Long-Term Growth

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Leadership in Project Management (PM Network)

Bauer, Natalie

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Bauer, N. (2005). Connected: Project Leaders Helped Make a Mobile-Messaging Service Launch Far Exceed Initial Expectations—Revenues Alone Exceeded Forecasts by 600 Percent—and Established a Trajectory for Long-Term Growth. Leadership in Project Management (PM Network), 1(0), 62.
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Customer service is king at Chicage-based U. S. Cellular, a leading telecommunications company. So when corporate leaders recognized they could offer customers additional methods for communicating, they jumped on the opportunity. In 2002, a U. S. Cellular project team launched a mobile messaging service that significantly contributed to the bottom line.

BY NATALIE BAUER

CUSTOMER SERVICE is king at Chicago-based U.S. Cellular, a leading telecommunications company.

So when corporate leaders recognized they could offer customers additional methods for communicating, they jumped on the opportunity. In 2002, a U.S. Cellular project team launched a mobile messaging service that significantly contributed to the bottom line.

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