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This is what the Freebox 6, dubbed "Revolution" does. The Freebox is the product of Free, the biggest independent ISP in France, and one of the biggest internet companies in Europe.

Free's billionaire founder Xavier Niel, who as well bought France's top newspaper Le Monde previously this year, has often been described as a "telecoms maverick" and his telco Free did to others what Southwest and Jetblue did to traditional airlines. Through ruthless cost-cutting, product research and savvy marketing, Free has become one of the biggest telcos in the world. Free was one of the first telcos to offer VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) phones and the first in the world to offer triple-play offerings, which are but industry standard pretty much everywhere in the world.

Free is the only telco in the world to make its own boxes to provide internet access, and whenever it releases a new Freebox it is eagerly awaited by cheering fans. Free fans, called "Freenautes" in France, are somewhat like Apple fans.

The potential to be a revolution

But this Freebox genuinely has the potential to be a revolution. Free is really taking head-on Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft for the games, Microsoft, Yahoo, Apple, Google and Boxee for the internet TV, Sony and countless other hardware manufacturers for the Blu-Ray player... Niel's avowed ambition is to have his box replace every single other box people connect to their TVs.

Google TV is a software platform for set top boxes and HDTV's using the Android operating system. It was co-developed by Google, Intel, Sony, and Logitech and officially anounced by Google on May 20, 2010.