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Football World Cup Highlights on Orange 3G Phones
23rd February, 2006

Europe Switzerland : Orange is offering live coverage of football matches on your mobile phone with Orange Live TV, the most interesting behind-the-scenes reports, the latest results, team profiles, games and lots more on the 2006 Football World Cup in Munich via the Orange World mobile internet portal. We get going in May 2006 with exciting previews of the teams competing for the golden trophy of the world’s biggest football tournament.

One month before the start of the showdown, which takes place every four years between the best national teams in the world, football fans will be able to see interesting previews of the tournament each week on Orange World. Favourites, insider tips and of course the Swiss team and their group opponents will be presented. And of course there will also be lots of interesting information about individual football superstars.

From the start of this unique event on the 9th of June 2006, and in addition to the live broadcasts via Live TV on your mobile phone, you will be able to follow the latest results and other news on Orange World at any time. SMS notifications will keep you up to date. With football related pictures, ringtones and lots more, football fever can be experienced to the full on your mobile phone.

A lot of the news on the Football World Cup on Orange World are for free. There are no additional costs if you access this news on Orange World using the Express Option (CHF 5.- / month) or the Power Option (CHF 15.- / month) and the access to Orange World as a whole is unlimited. The access to Orange World without any option is charged at CHF 0.15 per 10 KByte.

In order to follow these matches via Live TV from a mobile phone, a UMTS mobile phone is required. In addition, image and ringtone downloads as well as surfing on Orange World for the latest news and updates on the World Cup will be more enjoyable. Services such as these will be even quicker and easier via HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access), the next step of UMTS and DVB-H (digital TV on mobile phones). Later this year Orange will launch HSDPA and start a trial with DVB-H.
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