With the rise of mobile smart phones and tablet computers with limited local storage, services available through the Internet, including additional digital storage, have become critical.

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The plan was to make the website, launched last April, the dominant provider of such information over the Internet through deals with portals including AltaVista and America Online.

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While much networked business is conducted over private networks (or encrypted tunnels through public networks), the Internet (including the Web), open WiFi networks and various mobile networks are also commonly used to connect members of business networks.

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Customers are also able to take their Sky Movies service with them while they are on the move, watching the movies on a range of internet-connected devices including iPhone, iPad and Android smartphones through Sky's award-winning multiplatform TV service Sky Go.

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