InternetSkype and 3 launch mobile phone (Reuters)

Reuters - EBay division Skype and mobile phone group 3 have launched a mobile handset that allows Skype users to make free Internet calls to each other while on the move.

LONDON (Reuters) - EBay division Skype and mobile phone group 3 have launched a mobile handset that allows Skype users to make free Internet calls to each other while on the move. The companies said on Monday the new 3 Skypephone could also send free Skype instant messages, and that they hoped to sell "several hundred thousand" units worldwide in the fourth quarter of this year. "We are optimistic that if you look at one or two years, (we will sell) millions rather than hundreds of thousands, but in the fourth quarter (2007) we are looking at several hundred thousand worldwide," Frank Sixt, finance director of 3-owner Hutchison Whampoa, told reporters. The phone is being launched in nine markets including Britain, Australia and Italy, with a roll-out into other countries under consideration. In Britain, the phone will cost 49.99 pounds ($102.6) on a pay-as-you-go basis, and will be free for 3 contract users. It will be on... [ Read more on www.yahoo.com ]

InternetNBC, Fox launching online video site (AP)

AP - NBC and Fox are set to launch an advertising-supported online video site that hosts programming from varied entertainment companies in a bid to seize viewers from Google Inc.'s YouTube, the broadcasters said.

InternetBacked by NBC, News Corp, Hulu seeks to deliver TV online (AFP)

AFP - Hulu, a joint venture between News Corporation and NBC, began testing the delivery of TV shows online Monday including some of the most popular programs on American television.