SBC to Pay Microsoft $400 Mln for Net TV
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SBC Communications SBC.N will pay  Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O at least $400 million over 10 years  for technology to help SBC sell video services over its  upgraded broadband lines, the companies said Wednesday.
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SBC Communications Inc. SBC.N plans  to launch television over the Internet with new compression  technology, turning the table on cable companies encroaching on  its phone business, the company's chief operating officer said  on Thursday.
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SBC Communications Inc. SBC.N is  in talks to acquire AT&T Corp. T.N for more than $15 billion  to bolster its business among large corporations, sources  familiar with the talks said on Thursday.
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Microsoft Corp. has  agreed to pay 94 million yuan ($12.3 million) for a stake in  Sichuan Changhong Electric Co., a major maker of televisions  and electrical appliances, the Chinese company said on Monday.
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SBC Communications today became the second major local phone carrier to unveil plans to offer cable-like television services. Earlier, the company said it agreed to use new technology by Microsoft for delivering
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TELEVISION has been something of a great white whale for the Microsoft Corporation. The company has tried to sell WebTV and build software for TV&#39;s and cable boxes.
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SBC Communications Inc. on Thursday announced plans to reach 18 million homes with an IP network by the end of 2007 at a cost of $4 billion.
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SBC Communications Inc. will use a Microsoft Corp. software system to transmit television over high-speed Internet connections like the ones SBC will offer after replacing the local arteries of its copper telephone network with fiber-optic cables.
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SBC Communications plans to announce that it will pay $400 million to Microsoft for software used to deliver TV programming over high-speed data lines.
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SBC Communications has agreed to pay more than &#36;1 million for the naming rights to the Ohio State-Michigan game for the next two years.
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SBC Communications, the No. 2 U.S. telecommunications company, has agreed to pay &#36;400 million to Microsoft Corp. for software that can deliver television via high-speed data lines, The New York Times reported on Wednesday.
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WHAT MICROSOFT DID: Paid &#36;536 million cash to rival Novell Inc. to settle potential antitrust complaints over Microsoft's alleged actions toward Novell's Netware operating system, which competes with Windows software. Paid a smaller amount to the Washington-based Computer and Communications Industry Association, a trade group.
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SBC Communications Inc., the second-largest local phone company in the United States, said Monday it will offer wireless Internet service for $1.
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SBC Communications Inc., the second-largest local phone company in the United States, said Wednesday it signed a 10-year, $400 million agreement with Microsoft Corp. to provide next-generation television services using Microsoft's TV Internet protocol television edition software platform.
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NEW YORK/PHILADELPHIA  - SBC Communications Inc.  said Monday it will buy AT&T Corp. for about $16 billion,  aiming to bolster its services for large corporations and end  "Ma Bell's" independence.
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In the 10year deal, SBC Communications will launch video services over high-speed data lines using Microsoft technology. WASHINGTON: SBC Communications will use Microsoft Corp.
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By Ben Berkowitz LAS VEGAS  - SBC Communications Inc.  plansto launch television over the Internet with new compressiontechnology, turning the table on cable companies encroaching onits phone business, the company's chief operating officer saidon Thursday.