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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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    AT&T to boost online content distribution

    NEW YORK
    Tue Jun 24, 2008 1:18pm EDT
    The AT&T logo is seen in an undated handout photo. REUTERS/Handout

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - AT&T said on Tuesday it wants to expand its business of delivering online media, moving into more direct competition with specialized content delivery companies like Akamai Technologies Inc and Limelight Networks Inc.

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    As more companies launch websites with video and interactive features, AT&T said it will spend nearly $70 million by the end of the year to bolster its network infrastructure across the United States, Europe and parts of Asia.

    Content delivery is not entirely new to AT&T, which has customers like Forbes.com and AccuWeather.com; but it said it will start selling more of these services to help companies deliver digital media to consumers' computers and mobile phones.

    AT&T also said it is creating a new business unit focusing on content delivery, and named executive Cathy Martine as the leader of that section.

    The company said its strength is in its international reach and experience dealing with security issues.

    AT&T shares fell 0.1 percent in morning trade to $34.35, while Akamai shares fell 1.6 percent to $34.66 and Limelight fell 0.8 percent to $3.84.

    (Reporting by Ritsuko Ando, editing by Gerald E. McCormick)
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