That subsidy is then (hopefully, at least the airtime provider hopes it will be) recouped over the 18 month, two year, life of the contract in some potion of the monthly fees being paid.
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That money is then clawed back by the operator over the life of the contract: either from the monthly payments or from some slice of the call revenues themselves.
They are willing to absorb the upfront losses because they expect to make back their bait over the life of the contract when users stream video and use their devices for things that hog lots of bandwidth.
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The carrier must subsidise this and get the money back over the life of the contract.
These initial rates are often represented and illustrated as what the consumer can expect over the life of the contract.
Swaps are privately negotiated trades between two parties to exchange cash flows on specified payment dates during the agreed-upon life of the contract.
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The hope was that if you used more bandwidth using the device, they would make it up over the life of the contract.
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The carriers more than make up for the upfront subsidies over the life of the contract due to huge margins on data plans.
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That, clearly, means that the airtime provider must subsidise that initial purchase and then recover its subsidy over the life of the contract.
Instead it gets to spread its payments over the life of the contract, in much the same way as one might lease rather than buy a car.
But most people look for a handset subsidy: a lower upfront cost for getting the phone in return for paying some set fee per month over the life of the contract.
He laments the fact that accounting rules require PeoplePC to recognize revenue over the life of a contract, and certain losses all at once, even though the company sells its receivables and takes in cash immediately.
"Some consumers felt that communications providers should not be able to impose price increases during the life of a contract, and, if they do, the consumer should be able to exit the contract without penalty, " Ofcom explained.
FBR's Hilal, who rates the stock a neutral "market perform, " explains RightNow's financials have suffered because of the company's shift to subscription licenses, where revenue gets booked over the life of a contract, vs. perpetual licenses, where revenue gets booked up front.
By integrating commercial terms negotiated over the evolving life cycle of a contract with procurement and settlement transactions, companies can fully realize their projected savings.
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Part of it funds the next round of letters of credit the manufacturer will use to ensure a steady supply of raw materials over the life of the supply contract.
But if he is truly serious about winning on a consistent basis for the life of his next contract, taking a little less than the premium would undoubtedly help his team.
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Loophole: Signing bonuses can be amortized over the life of a player's contract.
On the basis of his interpretation of the life insurance policy contract, petitioner stopped making premium payments in 1977 and considered the policy abandoned.
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We believe a plain reading of the terms in the life insurance contract signifies that the policy should have terminated and been converted to extended term insurance on several occasions before 2008.
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John Marshall, our nation's fourth Chief Justice, led the Supreme Court in deciding several key cases that established the sanctity of contract law and breathed life into the interstate commerce clause of the Constitution.
And I don't know if some male member of the family can contract on my life here.
The future is already here and it brings with it low-wage temporary or contract work as a way of life.
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Lockheed Martin received a contract in 2007 to extend the life of the missiles until at least 2040, with additional contracts doled out to upgrade the guidance system and refurbish the nuclear warheads the missile carries.
They see it as freeing them from the drudgery of the job-for-life and full-time employment contract that was frequently their parents' main ambition.
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And they show little appetite for more than blowing life into an existing but rarely used special contract that reduces the cost of firing permanent employees from 45 days pay per year worked to 33 days.
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Buying in to the platform at an early stage of its life (and more than likely buying in with a two year contract) is a big risk.
With his contract uncertainty behind him, Beckham seemed to have a new lease of life and he was even given a free role behind forwards Inzaghi and Pato by Ancelotti.
Josh Hamilton will undoubtedly receive an overtly generous contract offer that will secure his financial well being for the rest of his life.
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