Finland Sets the Pace for Mobile TV
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Digita - a unit of French media group TDF - has beat TeliaSonera, Elisa and Telemast Nordic to secure a mobile TV licence in Finland. The company had already started building a pilot network and hopes to launch commercial services to mobiles in the country before the year-end. Digita won a licence for 20 years and is expected to serve as...
MTT Announces Network Co-operation with China Telecom
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Alternative fixed-line operator Interregional Transit Telecom (MTT) has announced an agreement with Chinese fixed-line operator China Telecom on the connection of networks. The deal will increase the volume and improve the quality of voice traffic between subscribers in Russia and China, and allow the companies access to each other's...
Fear of FCC Action Prompts Cuts in WB Drama
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LOS ANGELES -- Barry Levinson said he doesn't blame the WB network for airing a censored debut episode of his drama revolving around a college class on sexuality. He holds the Federal Communications Commission responsible. "We don't believe that the show should have been edited, but the network is very fearful of what the FCC has been...
Europe First for Redmond Push
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Orange Business Services, the enterprise arm of cellular operator Orange UK (London: OGE - message board) will launch Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT - message board)'s push email update for Windows Mobile 5.0 next, but analysts suggest that U.S. carriers will not be far behind with the much anticipated update. Orange has been trailing...
BSkyB Unveils Triple-Play Plans
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The U.K.'s largest satellite pay-TV operator -- BSkyB -- unveiled details of its plans for the telecom market in the wake of its acquisition of U.K. broadband operator Easynet. BSkyB, when it first disclosed its $373 million bid for Easynet left no doubt that it planned to become a triple-play operator but, until now, it...
PayPal Tests Mobile Payments
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PayPal is gearing up for the commercial launch of PayPal Mobile, a text messaging service that will enable customers to make purchases and deliver payments wirelessly. The company is in the midst of an internal beta test and plans to unveil the service to the public in the next couple of weeks. The mobile PayPal service will only be...
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