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You Could Clean Up on the One Thing Keeping Jeff Bezos Up at Night

When we talk about the "last mile" in technology, we're usually discussing that final stretch of cable, wire, or air that connects a cable firm, Internet provider, or satellite company with its customers.

This final leg – for instance, the cable that runs from a telephone pole to your set-top box – is a well-known "bottleneck" and a stiff expense for service providers.

The nearly $2 trillion-dollar global e-commerce business is even more dependent on that last-mile delivery, particularly massive outfits like Alibaba and Amazon.

They can build expensive, elegant global supply and logistics chains and track inventory with the latest bleeding-edge technology. They can know what customers want before they know they want it.

But if they can't get that physical package into customers' hands… it's all been for nothing.

These companies are shelling out top dollar for help in tackling this difficult problem...