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Deepfish is currently a prototype technology, and Microsoft hasn't said when, or if, it would be made widely available.

Wireless carriers would welcome any technology that would increase the use of data servers. The average revenue per user for voice services in 2006 fell by an average of 5% for the 13 global carriers tracked by iSuppli. Collectively, the carriers represent more than 1 billion subscribers.

ISuppli predicts average revenue per user will continue to decline this year and in the future. Seeing the same trend, carriers are turning to music, video, gaming, and other data services to try to offset the losses. Revenue from premium multimedia content, which includes audio, video, and games, rose 22% globally last year to $16.4 billion, the research firm said.