Its Globe Telecom affiliate pioneered in text-messaging and became the cellphone leader.

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Telecom operators around the globe have suffered as free calling and texting services have proliferated over the past few years.

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Intel also continues to drive access to content on Intel-based devices by working with video service providers around the globe such as Comcast and Bouygues Telecom to create television experiences that will allow customers to view live and on-demand pay TV content.

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Five others, including cellular and gateway company Globe, owned by the Ayala group and Singapore Telecom, are hard at work.

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Mapping to key Firefox footprints around the globe, leading operators Deutsche Telekom, Etisalat, Smart, Sprint, Telecom Italia, Telefonica and Telenor are backing the open Firefox OS as an exciting new entrant to the smartphone marketplace.

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