Traduction de «Matériel pour le service des abonnés absents » (Français → Anglais) :

automatic telephone answering equipment

automatic telephone answering equipment

absent subscriber service | advice facility | message waiting service

14. Welcomes the Commission's undertaking to adopt a strong proposal on online contracts covering digital content purchased online and to improve consumers' legal protection in this sphere; believes that any such improvements must be targeted and that differences between content, on the one hand, and tangible goods on the other should be carefully analysed; points out that while consumers who buy content on a tangible medium are protected by consumer protection laws, consumer rights when buying digital content online remain largely unregulated and unclear, particularly with regard to legal guarantees, defective content and specific unfair terms regarding digital content; highlights that the current classification of all digital c ...[+++]ontent as services may raise concerns, as it may not conform to consumer expectations, since streaming service subscriptions are not distinguished from downloadable content purchases; agrees that consumers should enjoy an equivalent and future-proof level of protection regardless of whether they purchase digital content online or offline;

The factors that contribute to the higher cost of providing rural service include smaller and more geographically dispersed populations; the higher proportion of residential versus business subscribers; the higher unit costs for usage-sensitive equipment, since rural local exchange carriers cannot take advantage of economies of scale; and higher local loop-related investment due to the longer loops and the remoteness of the areas they serve.

The Chairman: What about an Internet service provider who is actually in on the deal and conspiring with a subscriber to distribute this material, who then claims under your amendment that he was merely transmitting it?

The tax is based on the amount, exclusive of value added tax, of the subscriptions and other amounts paid by users for electronic communications services provided by electronic communications operators, with the deduction of the amount of the depreciation charges entered in the accounts during the financial year for which the accounts have been closed, in respect of the year during which the tax has become due, where these charges relate to materials and equip ...[+++]ment acquired by the operators, from the entry into force of the Law, to meet the requirements of the infrastructures and electronic communications networks established within national territory, with a depreciation period of at least 10 years.