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<title><![CDATA[Analyst: Apple's revenue to reach $200 billion]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Devices like the iPhone and iPad have helped usher in software sales that fuel hardware buys, analysts say.(Credit:Joshua Goldman/CNET)Apple's record sales and growth could continue for the next two years, pushing the company to becoming a $200 billion behemoth and eventually dwarfing the revenue of tech giants like IBM and Hewlett-Packard, according to one analyst.That claim was made by Forrester Research's founder and CEO George Colony during an interview with Bloomberg earlier today. Colony suggested that the company's hardware successes with theiPad andiPhone had created a cycle where those same customers buy applications in the App Store, then continue to buy Apple's products to keep using the software.But that ecosystem may be in danger. Citing the importance of Apple's CEO Steve Jobs, who is currently on his third medical leave from the company, Colony said without Jobs in the picture, Apple's current line-up of products in development would last some &quot;three to four years.&quot; On the sales side, Bloomberg cites analysts predicting a 54 percent growth of sales for Apple through September (which is when the company's fiscal year ends), dropping down to 18 percent in 2012.Apple's growth run continues to intrigue onlookers. The company made waves last year when it passed Microsoft in terms of market capitalization. While the company'sMac OS holds the minority share of computer users, its seen stronger hardware sales compared to the PC industry as a whole. That includes a growth rate of Mac shipments that was eight times what competitors were pushing out, based on numbers released by IDC in October. Mac shipments also saw a 23.7 percent year-on-year growth in the fourth-quarter, based on a report released by Gartner in January. Apple's also become a force in the smartphone market, with recent numbers from the U.S. putting the iPhone neck and neck with devices from Research in Motion, both of which sit just behind Google's Android. On the front lines of that battle is not only the hardware, but the software and software distribution systems that power the purchasing of applications. Just this week Apple filed a lawsuit against online retail giant Amazon for pushing in on the App Store moniker, which Apple had filed a trademark for following its introduction. Nevertheless, Amazon went ahead and launched its &quot;Appstore&quot; the next day. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Bill to ban new wireless taxes rises again]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 08:10:58 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[For the third consecutive Congressional session, a bipartisan bill is aiming to limit new taxes on your cell phone bill. Introduced today in the House of Representatives by Reps. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) and Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) and in the Senate by Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Olympia Snow (R-Maine), the Wireless Tax Fairness Act of 2011 would prohibit state and local governments from imposing discriminatory or redundant taxes on mobile services, providers, or mobile technology for a period of five years. &quot;The current landscape of excessive and discriminatory taxes on wireless services discourages its adoption and use, especially with lower income families.&quot; Snowe said in a statement. &quot;As wireless communications become a necessity for families and businesses nationwide, it is imperative wireless consumers are protected from the burdens of exorbitant fees, surcharges, and general business taxes.&quot;The Wireless Tax Fairness Act is similar to legislation introduced in 2008 and in 2009 that never became law. Though the text of the 2011 bill was not available at the time of this writing, the previous bills, which Lofgren also sponsored, did not apply to current taxes or new federal taxes. What's more, the prohibitions didn't cover fees that subsidize emergency 911 services and the Universal Service Fund, which funds phone service and phone service for rural and low-income residents.Not surprisingly, the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, the wireless industry's lobbying arm in Washington, D.C., supports the legislation. &quot;In light of today's challenging economic conditions, it is hard to understand why the average wireless consumer is being charged more than 16 percent in taxes and fees when other taxable goods and services are only 7.4 percent,&quot;CTIA President and CEO Steve Largent said in a statement. A hearing for the bill is scheduled for next Tuesday, March 15, before a House Judiciary subcommittee. So far the bill has attracted 140 co-sponsors. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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