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iPhone Spreads to Carriers in Asia and Australia

Apple's iPhone continues its march around the world, with new announcements of deals with carriers in the Asia region and Australia.

The agreements are with Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. (SingTel) for that country, and with three of SingTel's affiliates in India, the Philippines, and Australia. The iPhone will be released in the four countries later this year.

New Product Launches?

India's leading mobile carrier, Bharti Airtel Ltd., is 30 percent owned by SingTel and has more than 260 million mobile users in what is now the world's fastest-growing market for wireless devices and services. Optus, owned by SingTel, will make the iPhone available in Australia, and Globe Telecom, co-owned by SingTel and Ayala Corp., will be the carrier in the Philippines.

Avi Greengart, an analyst with industry research firm Current Analysis, said Apple very carefully made a few carrier announcements in the first stages of the iPhone's release. "First, it was just AT&T, then a few European carriers," he said, adding that "now, every time you turn around they're adding a few more." He suggested this flurry of partner announcements could herald new product launches.

Apple said Monday that its online stores in the U.S. and the United Kingdom are sold out of iPhones. Selling out current inventory could also be a sign of new products on the way.

Not Exclusives

Greengart also noted that Apple seems to be changing its strategy of demanding exclusive arrangements in each country.

Last week, for example, Apple announced an agreement with Vodafone to sell the iPhone in the Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Italy, Portugal, New Zealand, South Africa, and Turkey, as well as in Australia and India, which are also covered by SingTel companies. Similarly, Apple has announced that it will be selling the iPhone in Italy through Telecom Italia in addition to Vodafone.

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HP Acquires EDS for $13.9B and Targets IBM Services

Hewlett Packard will acquire computer consulting firm Electronic Data Systems for $13.9 billion, the companies announced Tuesday. The purchase moves HP closer to head-to-head competition with IBM in the IT-services business.

The acquisition -- the largest since HP acquired Compaq under the leadership of Carly Fiorina -- marks a huge expansion in HP's services business. Combined, HP and EDS did $38 billion in services business in 2007, double HP's current business. HP will pay $25 for each share of EDS common stock.

The new services group will maintain the EDS branding. It will be called "EDS -- An HP Company" and be based in EDS's current headquarters in Plano, Texas. EDS CEO Ronald A. Rittenmeyer will continue to lead the company.

Taking on IBM

"This makes HP a lot more competitive by having a whole lot more services personnel," said Roger Kay, principal analyst with Endpoint Technologies, in a telephone interview. "IBM is the gold standard. This gives them a better shot at it."

HP's roots in services go back to Fiorina's hotly contested acquisition in 2002 of Compaq, which itself bought Digital Equipment in 1998. "They have a pretty good services group, but they wanted to compete with IBM," Kay said. "This puts them closer to that goal."

The only question is how well the companies will integrate, but Kay doesn't expect many problems on that front. HP CEO Mark Hurd is "known as good at integrating," Kay said.

The acquisition "will create a leading force in global IT services," Hurd said. "Together, we will be a stronger business partner, delivering customers the broadest, most competitive portfolio of products and services in the industry. This reinforces our commitment to help customers manage and transform their technology to achieve better results."

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HBO Programs Will Be Sold on Apple's iTunes Store

On Tuesday, Apple and HBO struck a deal to offer popular cable programs for purchase and download at Apple's iTunes Store.

New HBO programs on iTunes include the Emmy Award-winning programs The Sopranos, Sex and the City, Deadwood and Rome, as well as other hits like Flight of the Conchords and The Wire.

"We're thrilled to bring this incredible lineup of programming from HBO to the iTunes Store," said Eddy Cue, Apple's vice president of iTunes. "These are some of the most talked-about television shows ever, as well as some of the most requested by our customers."

HBO's Sexy Timing

That last statement is telling. It reveals that Apple is listening to its customers -- and so is HBO. And the timing is also no accident. Sex and the City: The Movie premieres in theaters on May 30, and in preparation for the movie's debut fans can choose any or all 94 episodes from the entire six seasons of the program.

HBO's deal with Apple is a marketing opportunity that could pay dividends on the big screen and the small screen. Television shows can be viewed on a Mac or a PC, iPod nano with video, iPod classic, iPod touch, fifth-generation iPod, iPhone or on a widescreen TV with Apple TV.

iTunes customers can choose to purchase individual episodes or entire seasons of their favorite HBO programs, which are now in iTunes' catalog with more than 200,000 episodes of more than 800 shows. iTunes has sold more than 150 million episodes of television programs to date. What's different in this deal is that HBO's programs will be available at the same time DVDs of television shows are released, according to news reports. Apple could not immediately be reached to confirm the distribution timing.

The pricing paradigm is of interest in the HBO deal. While...

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