LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co is launching free iPhone and iPod touch applications, giving fans access to Disney content and interactive features anywhere.

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SINGAPORE Telecommunications is considering selling a minority stake in Optus through an initial public offering, sources said.

(Telecompaper) Telstra confirmed its financial guidance for 2009/10 and detailed how the company would grow its core business by improving customer service and taking advantage of recent technology upgrades. At a briefing for institutional investors in Sydney, CEO David Thodey reiterated financial guidance for 2009/10 that the company would achieve free cash flow of AUD 6 billion, low single digit growth in revenue, EBITDA, and maintain its EBITDA margin, but noted that the appreciation of the Australian dollar had created pressure on revenue earned from overseas subsidiaries. Thodey told investors that his strategy refresh would not lead to a fundamental change in the company's direction, but that recent investments in upgraded technology should now be used to substantially improve customer service, expand further into developing and adjacent businesses, and offer online applications that are valued by customers.

THE new welfare BasicsCard is poised for wider adoption after "positive" results from the NT emergency response initiative.

TELSTRA will soon chop its broadband prices as it reacts to falling customer takeup of its fixed line broadband services.

(Telecompaper) Motorola's Home & Networks Mobility business has launched its IP-based Surfboard Docsis 3.0 modems and integrated gateways. Motorola's new gateways help cable operators accelerate the delivery of personal media experiences to their subscribers by making ultra broadband available throughout the home, with one easy-to-manage device. This new platform is two times faster than its previously announced Docsis 3.0 products. The new line of standards-based and remotely manageable gateways supports high-bandwidth Gigabit Ethernet home networking and channel bonding of up to eight downstream and four upstream channels. This increased 8 x 4 throughput support enables an operator to offer its customers advanced multimedia services with data rates up to 300 Mbps downstream and more than 100 Mbps upstream. The new Surfboard gateways also are equipped with a four-port GiGe switch and integrated 802.11n Wi-Fi access point. The gateways' internal antenna and switched on-board radios (2.

The future, as Eric Schmidt describes it, belongs to smart phones and data centers.

WATFORD, England (Reuters) - Britain is to push ahead with a law to clamp down on illegal file sharing, that would start with a series of warning letters and could result in repeat offenders losing their internet connection.