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Bezeq is Israel's equivalent to Telstra, in more ways than one. Like Telstra, Bezeq held a nationalised monopoly over all telephony until recently. Bezeq is taking its time rolling out the next genera

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While most of the WAP applications to date have been serious services, UK games developer Eidos is working on its first WAP game. The company, which is best known as the publisher of the hugely succes

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