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However, talks about a cooperation are only at an early stage, «WirtschaftsWoche» writes in its new issue. The e-book reader called «Kindle», launched a few weeks ago so far only in the USA, is supplied with new books via the mobile phone network. Vodafone has a strong presence in Europe and Asia, among other places.
In the USA, Amazon uses the network of Vodafone competitor Sprint. Amazon offers around 90,000 digital books for «Kindle», and newspapers and blogs can also be subscribed to.