Microsoft has signed 22 new broadband partners to its Xbox Live Compatibility Program, adding to a list that already includes 50 other broadband providers in North America, Japan and Europe. The new partners are from the eight countries that will be launching Xbox Live in October: Australia, Austria, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Korea, Norway and Switzerland. They include the following:
- Australia: OptusNet (Cable), Telstra Big Pond (DSL/Cable)
- Austria: UPC/chello (cable), Telekom Austria (DSL)
- Denmark: TDC (DSL/cable), Telia Stofa (cable)
- Finland: Elisa (DSL), Helsinki Television (HTV Cable) (cable), TeliaSonera Finland (DSL)
- Ireland: Eircom (DSL), Esat BT (DSL), NTL (cable)
- Korea: KT (DSL)
- Norway: UPC/chello (cable), NextGenTel (DSL), Telenor (DSL),
- Switzerland: Bluewin (DSL), sunrise (DSL)
Microsoft currently has more than 500,000 people playing on Xbox Live worldwide. There are on average more than 15 million gaming sessions every week.
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