The company aims to have 20, 000 phones by the end of the year, just a fifth of its original commitment.

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Trials of the Wales Travel Card are currently under way on buses with roll out anticipated to start in 2013, a year before the original commitment.

BBC: Welsh Oyster travel card scheme faces delays

The company has also reiterated its commitment to original programming in its letter to shareholders, although it notes that commitment comes with some front-loaded expenses that will result in negative free cash flow for the next "several quarters" beginning with Q4.

ENGADGET: Netflix Q3 2012 earnings: 2 million more streaming subscribers worldwide, $8 million net income

This keeps the material in its original form, and postpones any commitment to the painstaking process of excavation by hand.

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This commitment extends Microsoft's original vision of a PC on every desktop and in every home and is part of Microsoft's corporate citizenship efforts, which are increasingly focused on creating opportunities for youth around the world.

ENGADGET: Microsoft to offer discounted hardware, software to students from low-income families

As two of the original founding members of NATO, we reaffirmed our commitment to the Atlantic Alliance.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

With the reduction in prize money and persistent rumors among players that the Race Dubai will only be staged for one year instead of the original five, as promised when it was announced, the commitment of the players may be tested.

CNN: Race to Dubai suffers prize money crisis