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Convergent Billing: Risks to M&A
Author(s) -
Bean LuAnn
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of corporate accounting and finance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1097-0053
pISSN - 1044-8136
DOI - 10.1002/jcaf.21969
Subject(s) - pace , business , telecommunications , consumption (sociology) , industrial organization , financial services , interconnection , commerce , computer science , finance , social science , geodesy , sociology , geography
Communications technologies and services are evolving at a rapid pace. This drives an exponential growth of data consumption. And convergent billing is playing an expanding role. It helps unify technology and supports the interconnectibility of technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT) industries. However, without proper interconnect billing, serious financial losses may result for providing companies. What risks do these trends pose for merger and acquisition (M&A) deals in the TMT industries?