Carriers will need to strike the proper balance between rising data traffic and plan fees in order to reduce strain on their networks.
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Moreover, traffic on the Internet dodges the fees, taxes and tariffs that inflate the cost of plain old phone service.
In one corner is the ATA. They say the number of small aircraft and corporate jets exploded from 1, 800 to 18, 000 since 1970, jamming America's air traffic control system, but the fees paid haven't kept pace.
He added that based on technology that the company has already demonstrated and some that is still under development, it thinks the wireless industry will be able to handle all that traffic without having to boost user fees.
"We think the way forward is much lower airport fees and much more rapid traffic growth, much more tourism and job growth, " he said.
Dubai gets its revenues from indirect taxes, such as low import tariffs and reasonable fees from its growing airport and seaport traffic.
Unlike existing motorways, the construction costs of future roads cannot be recouped through toll fees, explains the corporation, because traffic is expected to be light in the mountains.
Free from politics, air traffic control in these countries is properly funded from industry fees and charges and gets the most up-to-date technology.
The scammers are paid affiliate fees (not to different from click through fees for banner ads) for having brought traffic to particular sites.
Mr Prescott compared the top-up fees issue with the part-privatisation of air traffic control, which he said had faced backbench opposition in Parliament but had proved successful.
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While they clearly can't handle the additional traffic, airports are reluctant to give up the rents and landing fees that keep their runways and facilities in decent shape.
Mr Dobson said the charges would be in the range of a "couple of quid" but said the actual fees would be decided when the authority had passed the appropriate traffic regulation orders.
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This traffic growth, however, requires a significant outlay in online brand marketing: Fees (principally through the purchase of travel-related keywords) to Internet search engines like Google ( GOOG) and Yahoo!
Here's the rub: These few behemoths have a cozy arrangement for swapping traffic free-of-charge among themselves--but they charge stiff fees for the very same service when dealing with smaller players.
The bad news: The FAA wants to replace these taxes with a more complicated combination of user fees and taxes in order to upgrade the nation's aging air traffic control system.
The reduced traffic translates into lower revenue from advertising placements on the websites as well as lower booking fees.
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While the ruling applied specifically to Ma Bell, you would think other carriers would follow the ruling and stop paying those same fees to YMax, which as the FCC ruling notes generates basically all of its traffic from MagicJack users.
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Here's the rub: These few behemoths have a cozy arrangement for swapping traffic ("peering") free-of-charge among themselves--but they charge stiff fees for the very same service when dealing with smaller players.
Recently the Kuala Lumpur airport has been reducing or even waiving its fees in order to attract and retain airlines, though with little success: It has neither the tourist traffic of Bangkok nor the business traffic of Singapore.
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