For Telefonica of Spain and France Telecom , that means more regulatory headaches, but for BT Group, which sold its cellphone division to its Spanish rival in 2005, being a purely fixed line operator suddenly seems much more attractive.

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Tizen has pursued carrier support very strongly and its Board features several of the largest carrier groups globally, and more importantly, in several leading countries, the biggest carrier domestically, like NTT DoCoMo in Japan, SK Telecom in South Korea, Telefonica in Spain etc.

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Telefonica has moved into Spain's television industry a move that, not coincidentally, has helped Mr Aznar.

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