Webwire: MS complains to EU about Mot-Google; Airtel hit with $3.1b claim

Staff writer
23 Feb 2012
00:00

MS complains to EU about Motorola, Google

Microsoft has submitted a complaint to the EU's competition regulator about Motorola Mobility and soon-to-be owner Google, accusing Motorola of impeding competition by aggressively enforcing core patents.

NewsDay

Econet seeking $3.1b in damages from Airtel

South Africa's Econet Wireless is seeking a payout of at least $3.1 billion in damages from Bharti Airtel, as part of the Econet lawsuit claiming it was frozen out of the decision to sell what is now Airtel Nigeria to the Indian operator.

Vanguard

Smartphones blamed for rise in identity theft

A research firm has suggested a link between the growing popularity of smartphones and the fact that US cases of identity theft grew 13% last year to 12 million.

Reuters

Verizon suffers another LTE outage

US operator Verizon has restored services after being hit with its fourth major LTE outage in the last three months, despite often advertising its networks as being the most reliable in America.

Huffington Post

Google planning cable TV foray in US

Google is seeking regulatory permission to provide cable TV services over its trial high-speed fiber network in Kansas City, Missouri.

All Things Digital

France Telecom losing subs to Free Mobile

France Telecom's Orange has revealed it has lost 201,000 net subscribers in the little over a month since rival Free Mobile burst onto the scene with low-cost services.

GigaOM

India broadband base pegged to hit 15m in '12

Analyst firm ABI Research has forecast that India's fixed and wireless broadband subscriber base will grow to 15.4 million by the end of 2012, but currently penetration stands at just 5%.

EE Times India

Brain dominance may affect ear used for phones

Researchers have suggested that the dominant side of the brain has an affect on the ear used to listen to a mobile phone during a call, with left-brain thinkers more likely to hold up the phone to their right ear.

Asian News International

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