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Amazon.com rolls out shortcut for paying onlineSan francisco (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc on Wednesday
announced the
launch of "PayPhrase," a shortcut for making purchases on the Web, as the online retailer prepares for a rush of holiday
season shopping.
Reuters Thursday, October 29, 2009Google launches music search with Lala and iLikeLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Google Inc on Wednesday partnered with Web services Lala and MySpace's iLike to give music fans an easier way to find, sample and buy songs on the
internet, expanding its music
industry footprint.
Reuters Thursday, October 29, 2009Payments start-up Zong moves beyond mobileAs part of its "Zong Plus" offering, the mobile payments
company will let members use regular
credit cards, and
offers a loyalty program with which to do so.
CNET Thursday, October 29, 2009Door opens on smart grid bidsTHE Rudd
government has opened the bidding on who will build the first electricity smart grid.
Australian IT Thursday, October 29, 2009Telefonica confirms Telco pact renewal(Telecompaper) Telefonica has confirmed that the Telco shareholders have renewed their pact for three more years. Telco is the holding
company through which the five shareholders, namely Telefonica, Generali, Mediobanca, Intesa Sanpaolo and the Benetton
family, control a 24.5 percent stake in Telecom Italia. According to a Telefonica statement sent to the Spanish stock exchange authority, the new agreement is valid until 27 April 2013, with the possibility of early exit in October 2012. Telefonica has also confirmed the Benetton
family investment vehicle Sintonia has decided to exit the Telco consortium.
Reuters reported earlier citing unnamed, informed sources that the Sintonia is planning to swap its stake in Telco for a 2 percent stake in Telecom Italia and will assume EUR 300 million in debt.
DMeurope.com Thursday, October 29, 2009NBA introduces live games on U.S. mobile devicesCHICAGO (Reuters) - The National Basketball Association will give its digital offering the full court press, introducing complete live games on mobile phones, including Apple Inc's iPhone, for $40 a year.
Reuters Thursday, October 29, 2009Egypt telecom licence attracts 16 interested bidders(Telecompaper) Sixteen firms have bought bid documents for Egypt's new telecom licences, the
industry regulator said. Among the companies which have confirmed their interest are mobile operators Mobinil and Vodafone and regional operator Orascom Telecom. The head of the National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA), Amr Badawi, told
Reuters that 16 firms purchased the documents but did not provide names. Vodafone Egypt CEO Hatem Dowidar said
the company was excluded from participating as fixed-line incumbent Telecom Egypt is one of its shareholders. However its other shareholder Vodafone Group has bought the documents and is interested in bidding. The two licences being offered by the
government are for bundled
internet, fixed-line telephony and cable TV within residential compounds. Alkan Group, an Egyptian firm whose interests include communications and IT, has bought the documents and will look to join a consortium with larger players, an Alkan
executive said. Egypt's Raya Holding ha
DMeurope.com Thursday, October 29, 2009Hornby Olympic bus - buy onlineThe first London 2012 collectible goes on sale to mark the 1,000-day countdown until the Games begin.
Webuser.co.uk Thursday, October 29, 2009KPN revises VDSL roll-out strategy(Telecompaper) KPN wants to bring out its IPTV produce Interactieve TV on a grand scale from the second quarter of next year. At
around the same time, KPN will also introduce HDTV. To this end, the Dutch operator has revised its VDSL roll-out strategy, KPN told Telecompaper. The VDSL2 equipment will not only be placed in
Street cabinets, where it reaches around 450,000, but also in central offices. The move will reduce the need to pull fibre from the central offices to the street cabinets, reducing quality a bit but dramatically lowering costs. With the new strategy, KPN will be able to bring VDSL2 to 80 percent of Dutch households.
DMeurope.com Thursday, October 29, 2009Google OneBox launchesThe OneBox lets users of the search engine stream music and buy tracks and albums.
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