Featured Articles Sony expects to boost operating profit 25-fold within three years, primarily on the back of its one remaining marquee consumer product: the PlayStation gaming console. Meanwhile, it will spin off its remaining audio and video business into a wholly owned subsidiary. President Obama's recent cybersecurity-related executive order, ultimately aimed at fostering cybersecurity threat and information-sharing between the public and private sectors, has stirred up mixed emotions, to say the least. The order does not provide legal protection for companies that share such information, which has led business owners and privacy advocates to argue it is doomed to fail. But some say those concerns are overstated, and that such models are already working well in the marketplace. Sponsored By: LogiSense WEBINAR: Indirect Tax and the Usage Economy™ - How to ensure compliance and agility for future success Tuesday February 24, 2015 TIME: 2:00pm ET/ 11:00am PT REGISTER! As a Communications Service Provider (CSP) in today's always on competitive landscape, your ability to remain compliant while agile is of the utmost importance to gain a competitive edge. New service demands, emerging technologies, tax rules and regulations and real-time location based usage rating are just a few of the variables that can affect getting a detailed invoice out to your end-customer. Join us as we de-mystify the complexities surrounding implementing a best in breed telecom tax compliance, rating and billing solution. Attendees will learn: - Ensuring telecom tax compliance and the realities of regulatory requirements
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With the April 1, 2015 deadline for filing FCC Form 499-A with USAC, the Universal Service Fund (USF) Administrator, it's time for Interconnected VoIP (I-VoIP) providers to start anticipating and planning for a variety of revenue reporting issues unique to enterprise and other advanced communications services. There was a lot of talk about Apple and the car business as last week came to a close before the long weekend that largely resulted from sightings of what appeared to be a self-driving car mule, which was traced back to Apple. Apple is a technology company, and there will be a market for self-driving retro-fit kits, and a requirement that future iPods, iPads, and iPhones work with the next generation of cars so just because there is a mule doesn't necessarily mean Apple is building a car. Breed Reply has announced about $3.8 million in funding for three start-ups in the sectors of health, smart home and energy. Aware that the proof of its plan for global availability within two years lies in the quality of its programming, Netflix is putting its money where its mouth is by planning to spend $3 billion this year alone on 320 hours of original TV shows, documentaries, comedy specials and movies. Featured Resources Advertise With Us Become a TechZone360 columnist! Become a TechZone360 columnist! Want to contribute your expertise to a growing audience of communications technology professionals? Become a writer, blogger or columnist for the TechZone360 Web site and this newsletter. Contact Erik Linask at elinask@tmcnet.com for details. |
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