France Telecom to Test Phone Calls Over Internet
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By Melissa Pozsgay at Bloomberg News
20-AUG-98
France Telecom SA has offered a couple of clients the
chance to test its product for making telephone calls over
the Internet in attempt to catch up with other international
phone companies, French newspaper La Tribune
reported, citing unnamed company sources.
Earlier this year, France Telecom officials had said they
were testing such technology, but refused to say when
they would turn it into a commercial offer. If France
Telecom started offering voice services over its network
for high-speed data transmission, it could raise
regulatory questions and complaints from competitors
over how much it could charge for such calls, the paper
said.
France Telecom, like other former European phone
monopolies, is depending on growth in mobile phones
and new services linked to the Internet to drive future
earnings growth following deregulation in the European
Union this year.
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