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Vincent Padois, head tutor at the Pierre and Marie Curie University who teaches robotics and is babysitting the Paris ICub, makes a demonstration with ICub robot, a ?hybrid embodied cognitive system for a humanoid robot" about 1 metre (3.2 feet) high, at the Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris September 4, 2009. Six versions of ICub exist in laboratories across Europe, where scientists are painstakingly tweaking its electronic brain to make it capable of learning, just like a human child and hoping it will learn how to adapt its behaviour to changing circumstances, offering new insights into the development of human consciousness. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer

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    Verizon offers small businesses unlimited wireless

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    The sign for the Verizon Wireless store is seen in Lakewood, Colorado in this file photo from September 11, 2007. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc (VZ.N) on Wednesday launched an unlimited wireless calling service for small businesses, amid growing competition with AT&T Inc (T.N) to grab corporate customers.

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    Verizon said corporate clients that also subscribe to its "Freedom for Business" unlimited long-distance service can get unlimited calls on Verizon Wireless to phone numbers on the same carrier. Verizon Wireless is a joint venture with Vodafone Group Plc (VOD.L).

    The plan will also include unlimited calls to up to five landline phone numbers, with a fixed monthly fee of $4.99 per wireless line.

    Verizon Wireless launched a $99-a-month unlimited calling plan for consumers in February. AT&T and other U.S. carriers quickly followed, sparking fears of a price war.

    Verizon Wireless is now the No. 2 U.S. wireless carrier but is set to overtake AT&T for the top spot if a planned acquisition of rural wireless carrier Alltel goes through.

    While the popularity of mobile phones has been the key sales driver for AT&T and Verizon in recent years, the companies also see businesses as a key source of growth.

    (Reporting by Ritsuko Ando; Editing by Lisa Von Ahn)
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