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The revised bill by Sen. Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) passed the Senate and sailed through two Assembly committees. The full Assembly is expected to vote Thursday.
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in 2012 the company is reportedly looking at other markets where it could expand that model.
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The bill, if passed and signed by <a href=http://www.louisvuitton-pascher.com>Yayoi Kusama Louis Vuitton Soldes</a> the governor, would make California the second state, after Minnesota, to require smartphone kill switches.
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According to the , candidates include Japan and Turkey, two countries with good broadband infrastructure and where HBO doesn t generate a lot of revenue from licensing its programming.
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Led by San Francisco Dist. Atty. George Gascon, the push for passage gained strength with a new report and survey by a Nebraska business professor. The analysis concluded that smartphone owners could save an estimated $3.4 billion a year if their handsets were rendered worthless by activation of a kill switch.
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The paper notes that HBO s international business accounts for about one-quarter of the company s $4.9 billion in annual revenue and growing. Overall, however, <a href=http://www.louisvuittontassenkopen.com/goedkoop-louis-vuitton-alma-12>Louis Vuitton Alma Tassen</a> it s still comparably small next to mature pay-TV markets like the US, giving HBO some leeway to experiment without upsetting the status quo.
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"If all stolen phones could easily be disabled, criminals would have virtually no incentive to steal a phone in the first place," <a href=http://www.louisvuitton-pascher.com/23-sac-porte-epaule>Sac port锟斤拷 锟斤拷paule</a> said William Duckworth of Creighton University in Omaha. He said that an online survey of smartphone owners showed overwhelming support for the kill-switch option.
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The company already streams its programming over the internet via the HBO <a href=http://www.louisvuittontassenkopen.com/goedkoop-louis-vuitton-speedy-17>Louis Vuitton tassen Speedy</a> Go app to people in the US and elsewhere, so long as they are subscribed to the network through a traditional cable company. A standalone web-centric version remains elusive but it s likely in the long-term radar -- it needs to be as video content competition increases from online services such as Netflix.
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The Gascon-Leno proposal is supported by consumer groups, law enforcement and city governments including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Santa Ana, Oakland and San Diego.
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Expanding its web-only service could <a href=http://www.louisvuittontassenkopen.com/goedkoop-louis-vuitton-portemonn-16>Louis Vuitton Portemonn</a> be used as a trial run to see how this&nbsp;might eventually work in the US. In the meantime, the company isn t too concerned about people  with non-subscribers (they say it s good marketing), and you can get  in some markets with HBO bundled in.
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It's opposed by the California and Los Angeles area chambers of commerce, tech groups and CTIA, a national wireless trade group. They contend that it's bad public policy for states to pass their own technical regulations for products sold nationally.
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CTIA's opposition is not shared by some of its members. According to Gascon, most smartphone makers and marketers, including Apple, , , Samsung, Blackberry,  and AT&T, removed their earlier opposition to the bill.
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Businesses should watch out for official-looking letters asking for $49.50 for a "Certificate of Status" to show <a href=http://www.louisvuitton-pascher.com/24-sac-porte-main>Sac port锟斤拷 main</a> they are corporations in good standing, regulators warn.
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The documents are issued only by the Secretary of State, for a $5 fee. A Sacramento firm called "California State Corporations" is making the fraudulent solicitations and "has no affiliations" with the state government, according to an alert from the Secretary of State. Calls to the company, identified on the phone as "California Compliance," were not returned.
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@@@ in 2012 the company is reportedly looking at other markets where it could expand that model. According to the , candidates include Japan and Turkey, two countries with good broadband infrastructure and where HBO doesn t generate a lot of revenue from licensing its programming. The paper notes that HBO s international business accounts for about one-quarter of the company s $4.9 billion in annual revenue and growing. Overall, however, <a href=http://www.louisvuittontassenkopen.com/goedkoop-louis-vuitton-alma-12>Louis Vuitton Alma Tassen</a> it s still comparably small next to mature pay-TV markets like the US, giving HBO some leeway to experiment without upsetting the status quo. The company already streams its programming over the internet via the HBO <a href=http://www.louisvuittontassenkopen.com/goedkoop-louis-vuitton-speedy-17>Louis Vuitton tassen Speedy</a> Go app to people in the US and elsewhere, so long as they are subscribed to the network through a traditional cable company. A standalone web-centric version remains elusive but it s likely in the long-term radar -- it needs to be as video content competition increases from online services such as Netflix. Expanding its web-only service could <a href=http://www.louisvuittontassenkopen.com/goedkoop-louis-vuitton-portemonn-16>Louis Vuitton Portemonn</a> be used as a trial run to see how this might eventually work in the US. In the meantime, the company isn t too concerned about people with non-subscribers (they say it s good marketing), and you can get in some markets with HBO bundled in.

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