This glossary has been prepared to assist shareholders’ understanding of the most common acronyms and technical terms in listed companies and telecommunications sector.
A&R Acquisition and retention costs. Total costs incurred by operators to acquire and retain customers. See also acquisition costs, SAC and retention costs.
Acquisition costs The total of connection fees, trade commissions and equipment costs relating to new customer connections. See also SAC.
Active data users Customers who have used a data service in a given period.
Adjusted EPS Adjusted total earnings of the Group divided by the number of ordinary shares in issue. See also ‘EPS’.
ADR American depositary receipts are US dollar denominated equity shares of non-US companies issued by depository banks for US markets. The main purpose is to create an instrument which can easily be settled through US stock market clearing systems.
ADS America depositary shares are the individual shares related to the issue of America depositary receipts. ADSs are issued by a depositary bank and represent one or more shares of a non-US issuer held by the depositary bank. The main purpose of ADSs is to facilitate trading in shares of non-US companies in the US markets and, accordingly, ADRs which evidence ADSs are in a form suitable for holding in US clearing systems.
AGM Annual general meeting of a company’s shareholders.
AMAP Africa, Middle East and Asia Pacific region, comprising of the Group’s interests in Australia, Egypt, Fiji, Ghana, Kenya (associate), India, New Zealand, Qatar and the Vodacom Group. For the year ended 31 March 2012, AMAP accounted for 30% of Group revenue.
Amortisation An accounting concept that spreads the cost of intangible assets excluding goodwill (licenses, spectrum, computer software) across their useful economic lives, with a charge recorded in each accounting period of their use. Vodafone includes the profit and loss on disposal of computer software within its amortisation charge.
AMPU Average margin per user, calculated by dividing attributable revenues less attributable costs (excluding operating expenses) by the average number of customers in the period.
AOP Adjusted operating profit. Group adjusted operating profit excludes non-operating income of associates, impairment losses and other income and expense.
App Programs that can be downloaded onto smartphones and vary in function.
ARPU Average revenue per user is an industry KPI calculated by dividing revenue by the average number of customers in the period. Revenue comprises: service revenue excluding fixed line revenue, fixed advertising revenue, revenue related to business managed services and revenue from certain tower sharing arrangements. (更多…)
本文通过对部分成都市民的深度访谈，结合调查问卷，并依据地震事实数据、访谈数据、政府调控数据，以定位理论、居民消费行为学相关理论，最后在下面三点假设情况下：
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假设1：受地震以及余震等因素影响而导致的民众住房消费行为的转变是影响成都市房价的主因
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假设2：投资者对房屋的投资受民众住房需求转移的影响显著
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假设3：来自政府的宏观调控、开发商的等的推力失效
从6个维度：宏观层面（政治、经济、社会、技术）以及微观层面（城市定位、居民消费行为），得出《汶川地震后的420雅安地震对成都房价的影响分析调查报告》，并得出一下结论：
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结论1：成都市被三大地震断裂带包围，未来不确定因素增加导致“休闲之都”、“天府之国”定位将发生 (更多…)
热点词汇诸如：IPHONE5、三星GALAXY S4、小米M2 、魅族M2、微信、联通WCDMA、苹果IOS、MM、愤怒的小鸟等等，这些代表移动互联网的词汇，使得移动互联网热得一塌糊涂！
那么究竟什么是移动互联网呢？这些词汇之间的逻辑关系是什么呢？本文从移动互联网三个层面，终端层面、软件层面以及应用层面，来展开来解说这些热点词汇之间的关系以及具体意思。
表1-1 移动互联网产业链
图标来源：赛迪顾问
如上图所示，终端层，我们也可以叫它硬件层，是移动互联网的基础，如我们看得见的这些智能手机或者平板电脑实物（当然也含里面的手机芯片、元器件等等），这些手机没有操作系统、没有应用。
软件层，可以叫它中间联系层，其作用是连接终端层和应用层，如苹果的IOS操作系统，苹果如果没有这个操作系统，诸如“愤怒的小鸟”就不能再苹果手机运行。
应用层是最上层，直接与用户关联，如我们常见的“愤怒的小鸟 (更多…)
2012#4#24#， 吐鲁番，博物馆，晴，3人行。
特别说明：以下干尸图片 可能造成你的眼部等不适，请谨慎！
介绍：
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整个展厅分为出土文物陈列厅、古尸 (更多…)
这首MV很不错，道出了事业和家庭的两难，希望有人喜欢！
3月30日，有幸接到小龙兄的结婚待客。4年未见面，依然风度翩翩。
想当年，弹吉他、打小工、游农场、看鹌鹑…… 还是一对难兄难弟；
如今小龙已经成家， (更多…)