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Technology, Communications and Entertainment and Media Newsletter: Autumn 2009

  

Communications review: Weathering the storm

  

Making sense of a complex world: IFRIC 13 - Customer loyalty programmes

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Technology, Communications and Entertainment and Media Newsletter: Autumn 2009

Autumn 2009
News brief Technology, Communications and Entertainment & Media Industries

March 2009

Publications

Doing business and investing in Ireland
Ireland is one of the most favoured locations for investment in Europe, with over 1,000 companies from all over the world having chosen Ireland as their base to do business. However, despite the recent economic downturn, Ireland is still an attractive place to do business. This publication was produced in Ireland by a team of PricewaterhouseCoopers’ inward investment specialists. It draws on their extensive knowledge and experience of the critical issues faced by first time investors in Ireland including, laws, taxes, regulations and the business environment.



July 2009

New €100 million fund to help business: Is your company eligible?

June 2009


Making sense of a complex world: IFRIC 13 - Customer loyalty programmes
The International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee (IFRIC) issued IFRIC 13 to bring consistency and comparability to accounting for customer loyalty programmes across industry sectors. This publication considers the accounting and the practical implications that arise from the guidance in IFRIC 13 on the telecoms industry.

June 2009

Making sense of a complex world: IFRS 8 - Operating segments
IFRS 8 requires that companies implement a ‘management approach’ to reporting the financial performance of their operating segments. As telecommunications companies adopt the new IFRS 8, they may face challenges in defining and reporting segmental information. This paper identifies some of the issues that companies may encounter as they apply the provisions of the standard.

May 2009

Communications review: Weathering the storm
Communication companies navigating the economic downturn provide cost-cutting opportunities that often provide the chance to make longer-term changes that will transform their business for the recovery. This edition of Communications Review features five articles on how best to exploit these opportunities including strategic change, collaboration, contract management, the expansion of spectrum and consumer attitudes to communications in the downturn.

May 2009

Communications review: Cultivating growth
This issue of Communications review includes articles on the Indian telecommunications sector, the regulatory landscape in India, and the future of the telecommunications market there.

March 2009

Telecoms insights 2009: Analysis and opinions on Global M&A activity
In this edition of Telecoms insights we explore the impact of the downturn on telecom transactions in 2008, as well as looking at the key trends set to shape the outlook for 2009 and beyond.

March 2009

Making sense of a complex world*: Revenue recognition in contracts with customers
This is the second paper in a series of discussion papers addressing topical accounting and financial reporting issues in the telecom sector. This paper considers the IASB/FASB discussion paper and its potential impact on the telecoms industry.

February 2009

Beyond the horizon: 2008 global wireless industry survey
The goal of the survey is to help companies understand industry performance measures and their evolution over time, policies and procedures utilized by responding companies, and to help companies better understand the comparability of financial statements within the industry. We also have a goal of addressing general financial accounting and reporting practices in the industry and identifying emerging trends or issues.

January 2009

12th Annual Global CEO Survey: Redefining success
CEOs around the world are retrenching, indeed many claim to be entering ‘survival mode.’ Our 12th Annual Global CEO survey shows how the financial crisis shattered short-term confidence. The percentage of CEOs who were ‘very confident’ about their one-year revenue growth prospects dropped to 21%, the lowest level in six years. Uncertainty about the future is still running high and confidence no doubt continued to deteriorate after we completed the survey in early December.

January 2009

12th Annual Global CEO Survey: Technology, communications, and entertainment & media industry summary
Redefining success, the PricewaterhouseCoopers 12th Annual Global CEO Survey, explores how CEOs are reconsidering the fundamentals of business in response to extreme operating conditions and assuming responsibility for issues that were once considered outside the scope of industry. We interviewed 1,124 CEOs around the world between early September to early December, 2008. Here, we look specifically at what the 107 CEOs in the technology, communications, and entertainment & media industry think, and how they are dealing with a combination of challenges, never experienced before.

January 2009

Convergence monitor: Personal mobility
This is the third in a series of global surveys aimed at understanding preferences and interest to buy and use various converged services. Personal mobility focuses on which devices and applications people are using today, how they are using them, and what they would like to have in the future. We look at the changes driving and enabling personal mobility, and the resulting challenges faced by service providers, equipment manufacturers and application developers.

January 2009

Communications review: New directions
With its theme of "New directions", this issue includes articles on mobile network sharing, the challenges of services innovation, a new approach to managing change, and reducing carbon emissions within the sector and enabling reductions in other sectors.

October 2008

Making sense of a complex world: Accounting for handsets and subscriber acquisition costs
The range of service offerings from mobile operators has continued to grow in recent years and there is now a wide variety of commercial models in place across many different market places. There is no prescriptive guidance within International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) on accounting for handsets or for subscriber acquisition costs, and practice is divergent. As the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has confirmed that it will not be taking this topic on to its agenda, we feel that the time is right for a principles-based framework to help you in your analysis of how to account for these increasingly complex transactions.

June 2008

Communications review: Shifting sands
The communications industry is experiencing major shifts that are bringing significant implications for providers. Firstly, rapid evolution in consumer preferences and shifts in the “balance of power” from provider to buyer are occuring. Secondly, business models are evolving to reflect this new reality and hence exploit its opportunities. In this issue of Communications Review, two distinct aspects of this global change are examined, first, from the perspective of a particular geographical region – the Middle East, and then from the viewpoint of the customer worldwide.

June 2008

M&A Insights: Analysis and opinions on global M&A activity
Since 2007, there has been a distinct decrease in M&A activity in the telecoms sector. The ‘credit crunch’ has had a clear impact upon deal value and volume, however activity in the developing markets is buoyant and will continue to be popular while opportunities and growth remains in many of the emerging markets. This second edition of M&A Insights explores the characteristics of the different territories, the impact of the credit crunch and the opportunities for consolidation in areas such as Middle East and Africa. The private equity presence in the sector and the potential drivers for growth such as wireless are also discussed.

June 2008

Convergence monitor enterprise mobility
This is the second in a series of global surveys aimed at understanding preferences and interest to buy and use various converged services. Enterprise mobility focuses on workforce use of mobile technologies and perceived demand for converged enterprise solutions in the near future. This survey provides more details concerning trends and developments in the mobile workforce, anticipates demand for certain applications and technologies, and addresses the implications of this demand for enterprise mobility – for businesses and for the executives who run them.

February 2008

Communications review: Keeping the promise
This quarterly publication features articles of interest to executives in the telecom, cable, satellite, internet, technology and entertainmnet sectors. The theme of this issue is Keeping the Promise.

February 2008

Communications review: Agile and prepared
With its theme of ‘agile and prepared’, this issue concentrates on three key features. Firstly, the effect of convergence on M&A will be addressed including, executing sound deals and how learning the lessons of the dot-com frenzy will be a key to success. Secondly, the publication explores the human resources issues and risks caused by merger and acquisition activity. Lastly, this issue investigates the ways in which advertisers can gain far greater insight into consumers’ preferences, interests, and points of view through use of new technology and distribution platforms.

September 2007

Communications review: Sustainability
Examines the issues and challenges facing not only global telecommunications companies, but also the diverse companies that now comprise the communications industry - from telecoms to cable to satellite and Internet. The theme of this issue is sustainability.

April 2007