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<title>Leak: RIM ex-CEO would have let Android, iPhone use BIS</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/04/13/rim.would.have.used.bis.servers.for.basic.data/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1204/jimbalsillie-3.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[RIM's former co-CEO Jim Balsillie had proposed using BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) servers to provide data for non-BlackBerry hardware shortly before he resigned his position, new leaks uncovered on Friday.  The method outlined to Reuters would have let carriers offer Android and iPhone devices with cheaper data plans that limited Internet access to chat (possibly BlackBerry Messenger) and soc...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>EU probing phone carriers for possible collusion</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/03/14/eu.worried.top.carriers.keeping.prices.high/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1203/euflag-4.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Possible slips may have revealed the first stages of a possible European Commission investigation into the continent's top five carriers.  The FT heard from sources that Deutsche Telekom (T-Mobile), France Telecom (Orange), Telecom Italia, Telefonica (O2), and Vodafone were under scrutiny for a series of "E5" meetings on the state of the industry.  Concerns existed that they had used the discussio...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>French regulator to look into Free's cheap phone service</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/01/27/free.claims.competitors.hitting.below.the.belt/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1201/iliad-free-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[ARCEP, the French telecom regulator, has said it is going to inspect low-cost wireless provider Iliad's backbone network to make sure it is compliant with its bandwidth licensing requirements. The action takes place after Iliad's competitors raised complaints about Iliad's network performance and customer service. Iliad, which operates its wireless service under the Free name brand, denied the cla...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>France Telecom to shutter legendary Minitel service in 2012 </title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/07/25/service.predated.public.internet/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1107/minitel-terminal-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[France Télécom is closing its longstanding Minitel networking service. The carrier began offering this service in 1982, at a time when the Internet was still basically available only to researchers and defense organizations. Minitel will stop operating next June....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>AT&amp;T working on Apple mini-SIM, sees low Windows Phone sales</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/06/04/att.also.working.on.apple.mini.sims/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1106/ralphdelavega.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[AT&amp;T's wireless head Ralph de la Vega in an interview late this week said his company was also joining in Apple's plan to develop an even smaller SIM card.  He hesitated to directly make the link with Apple, like France Telecom's CEO did, but confirmed AT&amp;T was "working with the industry" to shrink beyond existing sizes.  It would "probably" happen, he explained to AllThingsD, and was something th...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2011 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>France Telecom hints tiered data deal with Google</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/06/02/carrier.reacts.to.surge.in.web.traffic/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1105/orange-stephanerichard.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[France Telecom appears to be attempting to team with Google to find new ways to increase profits amid a surge in wireless data traffic. The cellular carrier's chief executive, Stephane Richard, has hinted that the talks are focusing on segmented access to the networks, in what is viewed as a possible reference to tiered pricing structures....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 20:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Orange: next iPhone is thinner, tiny SIM a compromise</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1105/orange-stephanerichard.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The head of Orange's parent company France Telecom, Stéphane Richard, gave clues in an interview Monday as to the design of the next iPhone.  He confirmed once more that Orange was working with Apple on smaller SIM cards and asserted to AllThingsD that it was for the "next iPhone," hinting that the results could show up later this year.  The smaller card would help Apple get its design down in thi...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 00:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>France near auctioning 4G wireless airwaves </title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1105/french-flag-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The French government is finalizing the terms for its upcoming auction of 4G bandwidth, according to the French newspaper Le Figaro. France represents the third-largest telecom market in Europe after Germany and the UK.  It will be auctioning off four lots of the premium 800MHz range and an unspecified number of lots for the 2.6GHz band. France hopes to generate at least $3.5 billion from the auct...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 15:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>EU allegedly capping phone roaming rates again</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0912/euflag-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The European Commission will, yet again, propose legislation over the next few weeks that would reduce roaming charges across European Union member countries, Reuters was told on Thursday. The cuts would be closer to national rates and while they would cut profits for carriers such as Vodafone, Telefonica (O2), Deutsche Telekom (T-Mobile, and France Telecom (Orange), subscribers would get closer t...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 17:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Orange, T-Mobile heads confirm teamwork to boost device mix</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1104/orangeshop.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Orange's parent company France Telecom and T-Mobile's equivalent Deutsche Telekom on Monday confirmed their rumored joint venture.  The deal will see the two combine their activities for buying phones, network hardware, and other parts core to their cellphone businesses.  The two hoped both to get economies of scale and expected to save the equivalent of $1.86 billion over the course of the first ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 12:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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