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...The carrier plans to increase its capital expenditure to Won3.5tn ($3.1bn) this year from Won3.3tn last year to build a higher-speed, long-term evolution network....
...Fierce competition from supermarkets, online retailers and illegal downloaders has already forced rivals such as Woolworths and Zavvi to go under....
...Peer-to-peer downloads still make up the highest volume of unlawful file-sharing, Harris found when it polled 3,442 adults last month....
...UK industry revenues rose 4.7 per cent to £3.9bn last year, boosted by the popularity of live music. But album sales were 3.5 per cent down on the previous year....
...The sale will provide TPB’s founders with enough loot to offset the $3.8m fine handed down after their conviction on copyright violations in April, but its swashbuckling days are over....
...The format of the album is threatened as downloaders pick only favourite tracks for their MP3 players....
...But Mozilla’s hoped-for PR coup turned into something of a debacle as thousands of eager downloaders rushed the site....
...There was no mention of any “three-strikes-and-you’re-out” policy targeting individual downloaders, contained in reports of a leaked early draft of the strategy....
...However, it says that hundreds of people have already paid an average of €2,633 ($3,190) in fines to settle with the IFPI and its affiliate national music bodies....
...The final print was in the can, and they had the weekend of June 20 all to themselves for an opening on more than 3,600 screens. They had even arranged a green carpet for the premiere....
...The group is making 150,000 tracks available on its “smart radio” system, which will personalise channels to the demand of individual downloaders....
...Hutchison faces cuts Hutchison Whampoa, the Hong Kong conglomerate which has been bankrolling European 3G telecoms pioneer ‘3’, finally succumbed to the need for cost-cutting at its core Asian telecoms...
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