Your Client,Huge Telephone Company (HTC),has Encountered Troubled Times,due to Deregulation

question 66

Essay

Your client,Huge Telephone Company (HTC),has encountered troubled times,due to deregulation.There is competition for local telephone business and long distance telephone business.The high speed lines for internet access provided via the telephone network have not been selling as well as expected.A new quirk is that many large cities are going to provide free wireless services by installing wireless transmitters on telephone poles,and is only offering to pay a pittance for the use of the telephone poles.HTC has been able to retain reasonable profits by cutting staff to a bare minimum and outsourcing many services.
However,due to several labour contracts and federal legislation that will increase services,you have doubts about the ability of the company to renew a major bond issue this coming year.
Required:
How does the above information affect the audit report?

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Definitions:

System Reliability

The probability of a system or component performing its required functions under stated conditions for a specified period of time.

Parallel Components

Components that are designed to work alongside each other within a system, often to increase redundancy and reliability.

Cost Curves

Graphical representations that show how the cost of producing a good or service changes with changes in the production volume.

Full Cost

The total amount of expenses incurred to produce a good or service, including direct, indirect, fixed, and variable costs.