The Act Passed to Allow Virtually Any Business to Enter

question 30

Multiple Choice

The act passed to allow virtually any business to enter the telecommunications industry is called:

• A) 2009 Cable and Television Act.
• B) 1996 Telecommunications Act.
• C) 1975 Interstate Wire Communications Act.
• D) 1893 Federal Communications Act.

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Definitions:

IRR

Internal Rate of Return (IRR) is a financial metric used to evaluate the profitability of investments, indicating the annualized rate of return that sets the net present value of all cash flows (both positive and negative) from a particular project equal to zero.

NPV

Net Present Value; a method used to evaluate the profitability of an investment by calculating the difference between the present value of cash inflows and outflows.

Payback Period

The length of time it takes for an investment to generate enough cash flow to recover its initial cost.

Present Values

Present Values represent the current value of a future amount of money or stream of cash flows given a specified rate of return.