FASTTAKES: MPEG LA, Foxtel, Microsoft, RIM, Orange, France Telecom

Staff Writer | September 30, 2009

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Twelve LTE patent owners from five countries have met in Tokyo to discuss the structure and terms of a patent pool for the new 3GPP standard, patent pool administrator MPEG LA said.

Australian pay TV provider Foxtel will provide access to 400 hours of programming when it launches its first online TV service with 38 channels. It plans to offer live streaming in the future.

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer took a 5.5% pay cut last financial year as the software company suffered its first ever drop in sales.

RIM said it would launch the new BlackBerry Curve 8520 model in Singapore at the end of October. M1, SingTel and StarHub are all expected to offer the handsets.

Orange Business Services has set up a direct sales and marketing channel in Vietnam, to be headed by the company's general manager for ASEAN, Charles Kennaway.

Another France Telecom employee has taken his life, bringing the suicide toll at the carrier to 24 in the past 18 months.

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