BT GROUP AND VIRGIN MOBILE LAUNCH TELEVISION ON MOBILE PHONES IN EUROPE.

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British telecommunications operators BT and Virgin Mobile are to launch a television service on mobile phones in Europe, according to a BT statement released on February 14. Virgin Mobile will be able to benefit from this offer "throughout the course of the year", with a range of television programmes and access to some 350 radio stations. BT and Virgin also presented the "Trilogy" Smartphone (telephone offering applications similar to a PC) capable of receiving television programmes at the Barcelona Mobile telephony Congress.

"Virgin Mobile's clients will be the first in Europe to see a real television programmes on their mobile phones", says Graeme Hutchinson, Director of Sales at Virgin Mobile. He insists "these...