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Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile has enlisted Google's
help in providing Internet access via mobile phones, and hopes the familiar homepage will help users feel more comfortable with the service. Customers typically have shied away from mobile Internet
access, but T-Mobile hopes to lure users with its "web'n'walk" campaign, new mobile devices that are better tailored for Web access and Google's familiarity. The Washington Post/Reuters (6/29)
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| | Broadband price wars heat up
Broadband providers including Verizon Communications, Comcast and
Cox Communications all have introduced lower rates for high-speed Internet
service since SBC Communications dropped its introductory rate to
$14.95 per month. SBC now is taking its deal a step further by offering
three months of broadband Internet
service and satellite TV for free to new and existing
phone customers who cancel their cable services. The Wall Street Journal (6/29), NYTimes.com (6/29)
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| | Verizon seeks slice of music phone market
Verizon Wireless said it plans to sell a music-playing handset from
LG Electronics to rival Motorola's forthcoming handset that will play iTunes from Apple Computer. The company says the phone will be available in August
and that a music service will be running within eight
months. Denver Rocky Mountain News/Bloomberg (6/29)
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| | Hughes expands satellite broadband footprint
Hughes Network Systems has extended its Direcway satellite
broadband service to cover about 50,000 U.S. small businesses that
can't get access to DSL or cable broadband. The network offers download
speeds up to 1 Mbps. TechWeb Network (6/29)
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| | Covad picks Samsung for LPVA rollout
Covad said it will use technology from Samsung to run its
line-powered voice access service, which eventually will allow the
broadband provider to offer a triple play of voice, data and video. InternetNews.com (6/28)
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| | Cell phone providers embracing P2P
Companies like Nokia and Rogers Wireless are embracing peer-to-peer software for use with their music downloading services. Cell phone providers can easily control file-sharing because they use privately owned networks that make users easy to track if illegal file-swapping occurs. CNET (6/28)
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| | Bugs Bunny and friends go wireless
Sprint and Warner Bros. Online today are expected to announce the
$4.95-a-month Looney Tunes and Friends mobile video channel. The
service initially will feature video clips of famous Looney Tunes
characters, who will be joined later this year by Scooby-Doo, The
Jetsons and others. Yahoo!/The Hollywood Reporter (6/29)
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FCC Chairman Kevin Martin says the agency will push to level the broadband playing field between cable and telcos following the U.S. Supreme Court's Brand X ruling. "We'll need to move quickly to establish regulatory parity between telephone companies and cable companies that are providing a broadband service," Martin said. The Wall Street Journal (6/29)
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