Backman
21-05-2007, 11:44 AM
Cable & Wireless will enter the mobile market when it launches a service allowing its business customers to make calls over a small mobile network within offices. The calls will be routed over a normal fixed-line broadband internet network. The company is in the midst of finalising a roaming agreement with a national mobile operator, which will carry calls when the user is outside a corporate site. Mobile operators have said that the new service poses no real threat to them. The Independent
The chief executives of Virgin Media and British Sky Broadcasting have exchanged letters in a long-running argument over the price Virgin pays to carry channels such as Sky One and Sky News. BSkyB released a letter sent from chief executive James Murdoch to Virgin boss Steve Burch where he offered to split what he claimed was a £10m difference between the offers made by the two companies in February. Virgin released Burch's response, which said the company was 'fully prepared to negotiate' but added the offer would 'reduce an excessive and anti-competitive price' by 15%. The Financial Times
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The chief executives of Virgin Media and British Sky Broadcasting have exchanged letters in a long-running argument over the price Virgin pays to carry channels such as Sky One and Sky News. BSkyB released a letter sent from chief executive James Murdoch to Virgin boss Steve Burch where he offered to split what he claimed was a £10m difference between the offers made by the two companies in February. Virgin released Burch's response, which said the company was 'fully prepared to negotiate' but added the offer would 'reduce an excessive and anti-competitive price' by 15%. The Financial Times
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