Australia's Dodo has been fined $26,400 by regulator ACCC for misleading consumers about its Unlimited ADSL2+ broadband plans, by allegedly obscuring the fact that to obtain the service at the advertised price users would also have to sign up to a telephone plan.
America Movil has called off a promotion in Colombia to raffle off free puppies to purchasers of LG mobile phones, after drawing complaints from PETA.
Skype will acquire Californian mobile video software and services company Qik for an undisclosed sum.
AT&T has won a three-year contract to provide its telepresence solution to US retail chain Best Buy's Chinese subsidiary, Five Star.
Huawei has extended its smartphone range with the IDEOS X5, an Android 2.2 touchscreen device aimed at business users.
NEC has provided three petabytes of storage for scientists at the French Brain and Spine institute, which will be used to store data from neuro and cellular imaging research.
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