Fashion changes and the next fashion will be to treat phones as a utility device.
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For example, some states require companies generating their own energy to apply for a utility license.
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But definition as either a utility or monopoly would hamper efforts to move into certain fields.
"What (the 'Lonelygirl15' team) have done is unlocked a utility of connecting with people, " says Shields.
Burlington is a rail road and MidAmerican owns a utility that relies heavily on coal.
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So is it safe to make a long-term investment in a utility stock now?
Hopefully, SceneTap will be as much a utility as it is a portal of entertainment.
Their relevance makes them tantamount to a utility and that is how they should be designated.
The process involves ID verification using a passport, driver's licence with photo-card and a utility bill.
This summer he plans to roll out a wine label, a utility company and an online brokerage.
In the US a utility is usually made up of two things, power generation and power distribution.
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You know, we're in a boring stage of the Internet, if you will, where it's a utility.
You're getting a moderate growth company at discount valuations because people think of it as a utility.
If a utility wishes to own its own power plants, it should be free to do so.
Ultimately, the real danger is whether Google becomes described as either a utility or a (near) monopoly.
In some cases a utility bill or an easily forged document was enough to do the trick.
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Treat a bank that becomes too big to fail like a utility, and it will make less money.
As computing becomes a utility type service, cloud providers will be extensively more capable than any local staff.
Because of its size, Twitter is often treated as a utility, but it is ultimately a private company.
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All these technologies are meant to help a utility better match its electricity supply with demand and avoid blackouts.
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Today a utility applies for a single license, called a combined operating license.
We want to continue to operate as a utility owned by our dealers.
Exelon, a utility name that is the largest operator of nuclear plants in the U.S., felt the sting too.
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But what a university sees as a no-brainer cost reduction, a utility often sees as a threat to sales.
The reality is that the firm is now a utility, whose shares are probably safe for widows and orphans.
Facebook is increasingly becoming a utility that everyone uses, like water or electricity.
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Ballard is also developing a power unit with Tokyo Gas, a utility that supplies Japanese homes with natural gas.
This liquefaction of hardware, in turn, will allow computing to become a utility, and software a service delivered online.
The seller of a credit could be, say, a utility in China that has switched from coal to wind power.
In the long term, it could even pave the way for a full merger between Vodafone and a utility-free Vivendi.
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