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<title><![CDATA[AT&T offers free calling, texting to Japan]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[AT&amp;T is offering free service to people who want to communicate with friends and family in Japan.The carrier announced today that postpaid subscribers won't be charged for calls or text messages to Japan through the end of March. The free service started Friday, the day that a magnitude-8.9 earthquake rocked the northeastern part of the country and sent tsunamis out into the Pacific. Customers will either find no charges on their monthly bill or a credit for the amount they would have spent. AT&amp;T is only offering the deal on phone calls that originate in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Text messages to Japan can only originate from a U.S. number.&quot;We want to help our customers connect with loved ones in Japan in any way we can,&quot; Mark Collins, senior vice president for Voice and Data Products at AT&amp;T Mobility and Consumer Markets, said in a statement. &quot;Connecting with family and friends is most important at times like this--we want to make it as easy and worry-free as possible for our customers.&quot;Following the earthquake and the tsunamis, the death toll has been estimated in the thousands, with tens of thousands more people still missing or uprooted from their homes. Damage to property has been astronomical.Meanwhile, voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) provider Skype has announced (Google Translate page) on its Japan blog that it's giving Japanese customers 25 minutes worth of free calls to landlines in the country. In addition, the company's Skype Access, a Wi-Fi service in Japan, will be free across the country for an indefinite amount of time.Verizon Wireless confirmed to CNET today that it's also offering free calling and text messaging to Japan. The carrier's service will be free to customers until April 10. Sprint said that it's doing the same, but did not reveal how long the service will be available to customers for free.T-Mobile has not responded to our request for information on services it might be offering to Japan. However, all the major carriers are waiving text-messaging fees for customers who donate from their mobile phones to the Red Cross for the Japan relief effort.Updated at 1:51 p.m. PTto include new information from Verizon Wireless and Sprint.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft's contract with Nokia rumored at $1B]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 08:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[It's been less than a month since Microsoft and Nokia announced a strategic partnership to work together in a number of areas, though mainly on mobile phones. One detail that was not disclosed at the time was what kind of dollar investment Microsoft had promised Nokia for developing and marketing Nokia-made handsets that will ship with Microsoft's Windows Phone OS. Nokia CEO Stephen Elop, left, and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer explain their companies&amp;39' new tight alliance for mobile phones at an analyst and strategy meeting in London in early February.(Credit:Stephen Shankland/CNET)That detail has been made a bit clearer with a report by Bloomberg earlier today saying that Microsoft plans to pay Nokia more than $1 billion, while Nokia, in turn, pays Microsoft a licensing fee for each copy ofWindows Phone 7, as well as the right to use some of Microsoft's expansive patent portfolio.In addition, Microsoft is said to be paying some of its investment long before the first Nokia phones running Windows Phone 7 go into the sales channel. The deal, Bloomberg's Dina Bass says, will run for more than five years and has not yet been signed. A Microsoft representative declined to comment on the matter. Nokia did not immediately respond to a request for comment.Qt no more In addition to the reported financial details of the Nokia and Microsoft deal, Nokia announced earlier today that it would be selling off its Qt application development framework business. Qt had let application developers create apps that run on both Symbian and MeeGo, two mobile operating systems that Nokia is pushing aside to put the focus on Microsoft's Windows Phone OS. (Credit:Nokia)Nokia picked up Qt in its $150 million acquisition of Trolltech in 2008. Buying it from Nokia is Finland-based Digia, which says it's going to set up subsidiaries in the U.S. and Norway to run Qt-related commercial licensing and operations businesses for the nearly 3,500 companies that currently use its Qt commercial licensing. The close of the sale is set for later this month for an undisclosed sum.The move is not the death of Qt, and Nokia will continue to be involved with serving Qt commercial licensees, wrote Sebastian Nystr&amp;246'm, who is the vice president of Qt and Webkit along with being the head of MeeGo for Nokia.&quot;Although Digia will now be responsible for issuing all Qt Commercial software licenses and for providing dedicated services and support to licensees, Nokia's Qt technical support team will support and work closely with Digia for the next year,&quot; Nystr&amp;246'm said. &quot;We will now begin work with Digia to ensure a smooth transition of all licenses and commercial relationships.&quot;The new ownership will also bring some extra features to the platform Nystr&amp;246'm said.&quot;Digia will invest significant resources in the ongoing development of Qt as a commercial framework. In particular, their plans include emphasizing Qt in the desktop and embedded environments and exploring new support models and feature requests,&quot; Nystr&amp;246'm explained. &quot;Commercial customers can also expect improvements in support and functionality for older platforms that were not on the Nokia development road map. If you are a holder of a Qt commercial license you can expect to hear more about this soon.&quot;<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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