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Verizon Wireless Set To Roll Out Music Service (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) president and CEO Denny Strigl said Tuesday at a Yankee Group conference that his company will be rolling out an online music service within the next six to eight months.

T-Mobile To Use Google As Mobile Portal, Dumps'Walled Garden'(TechWeb)
TechWeb - New program in Europe will give data subscribers access to the entire Web, not just to pre-approved sites, the company has announced.

Nextel Tests High-Speed Wireless Internet (washingtonpost.com)
washingtonpost.com - Nextel Communications Inc. of Reston said yesterday it would test a new high-speed wireless technology in the Washington area. The trial, which is scheduled to begin in the fall, will take place in the District, Arlington, Alexandria, Reston and Bethesda, but the service will not be commercially available.

EU weighs plan to help online music market -source (Reuters)
Reuters - A European Union initiative to fosterEU-wide licensing of online music use and royalty collection isdue in early July to help spur jobs and creativity, a sourceclose to the situation said on Thursday.

Wi-Fi Installation Covers Entire Native American Reservation (TechWeb)
TechWeb - All it took was a wireless demonstration utilizing a base station configuration that provided Wi-Fi coverage over 13 miles to prompt the Coeur d'Alene tribe to install Broadband Internet access to cover the tribe's entire reservation in Idaho.

Former Enron Broadband Chief Testifies (TechWeb)
TechWeb - The highest-profile former broadband exec says he didn't lie to Wall Street about the company's Internet unit.

SBC Targets Cable With Latest Promotion (TechWeb)
TechWeb - SBC says it would offer three months of high-speed Internet access and satellite TV at no charge, part of the company's aggressive strategy to lure cable subscribers.

Malaysian anti-porn Internet laws criticised for blocking health information (AFP)
AFP - The Malaysian government's attempts to curb Internet porn could also restrict access to important health information such as how to prevent HIV/AIDS, a media watchdog said.

Google Shares Mapping Technology (AP)
AP - Google Inc. is throwing the doors open on the technology used to power the search engine's mapping service, allowing developers to create Web sites and software applications that merge Google's mapping information with data elsewhere.