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Gateway is introducing a new paid service called Answers by Gateway, to give help to consumers and small businesses using, installing and troubleshooting software applications. The company will offer cards with 30, 60 or 120 minutes of telephone support time for more than 150 of the most popular PC applications. Customers use them just like a pre-paid calling card, and can recharge them with additional minutes as needed. Prices for the cards are USD49 for the 30 minutes, USD79 for the 60 minutes and USD129 for the 120 minutes.
Network365 announced that Hong Kong mobile operator, CSL has deployed mzone avatar to bring secure mobile payment services to its customers. CSL will now enable its customers to transact mobile payments using credit cards, and later debit cards, prepaid cards, vouchers and loyalty points via Network365's mzone avatar secure mobile wallet.
The Xbox video game system from Microsoft had the best-selling video game console launch on record after two weeks of sales. According to the NPD Group, gamers are buying 2.4 Xbox games with every Xbox, resulting in the highest game attach rate ever recorded for a console at launch. Sony Computer Entertainment America sold 1.9 games with every PlayStation 2 during the first two weeks of its launch last year and Nintendo has sold 1.9 games with every GameCube to date.
Gains International, a provider of data and voice services for financial institutions, is using Ebone's IP network to provide mission-critical communication services to its financial customers in Luxemburg. As a result of the service levels provided by Ebone, Gains International also plans to use Ebone as a key provider of network services in other parts of Europe.
Calaba's wireless directory and search service has been chosen by mmO2 subsidiary Manx Telecom as the search engine for Europe's first commercial 3G network, which was switched on this week. The 3G search service hosted by Calaba allows users to search for content within the 3G network, or from the entire world of mobile information. Users can also browse a wireless directory, finding sites relevant to their preferred combination of subject, language and location.
Logica announced a live trial implementation of its multimedia messaging service (MMS) with Orange on Thursday. This development enables the delivery of mobile messages containing audio, pictures, animation and real-time video streaming. The trial is the first step towards full carrier-class implementation and represents a major step forward in the evolution of MMS.
Alcatel announced the sampling of its new Bluetooth baseband chip on Thursday. The chip, called the MTC-60180, is according to the company, the first Bluetooth chip on the market offering complete V1.1 functionality with proven interoperability.
Compaq Computer jumped to the number six position on Interactive Week's 2001 Interactive 500, moving up 13 spots from the number 19 position last year. Compaq currently generates nearly one-half of its annual revenue, or about USD20 billion, through its e-commerce operations. The Interactive 500 is a complete listing of the most successful on-line players based on revenue generated from the companies' e-commerce operations.
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