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[Technology] Two months after the FCC sent letters to Apple, Google, and AT&T (NYSE: T) -- the iPhone's exclusive U.S. wireless carrier -- AT&T said it had tweaked its technology to allow VoIP services on the iPhone to work over its 3G wireless network, even though the services challenge AT&T's core calling business.
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