Meanwhile, competition is hotting up in the market for international telephony for corporate clients.

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Higher rates are long overdue in Britain, where the economy has been hotting up.

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The battle of the Lib Dem badges is hotting up, with a new leader in the popularity stakes.

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The competition (and there are others using Android as well, like HTC) is really only just hotting up.

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Speculation about Apple introducing a new TV device is hotting up again.

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Although it is strong in both smartphones and tablet computers, competition is hotting up and its share price is falling.

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The worst east-west row for more than two decades may have stopped hotting up, but it is not cooling off much.

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The struggle to woo eyeballs to the Asian Web is hotting up.

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We are half-way through the second dress rehearsal before Saturday's grand final and things in Athens are hotting up - and it's not just the temperature outside.

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But now the other big economies are hotting up, too.

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