Telecom
Digital Economy Act in fresh legal challenge
May 30, 2011Telecoms firms BT and Talk Talk are to appeal against a High Court ruling on the controversial Digital Economy Act. In 2010, the firms asked for a High Court review, arguing the Act broke European laws that the UK must uphold. In April, the High Court...
Google goes shopping for patents
April 05, 2011Google has made a $900m bid for the patent portfolio of Nortel Networks, the bankrupt Canadian telecom equipment maker. The patents could help arm it against potential lawsuits aimed at its Chrome browser and Android mobile operating system. Patents...
Alcatel-Lucent pays $137m to settle US bribery case
December 28, 2010Telecoms equipment giant Alcatel-Lucent will pay $137m (£88.7m) to settle US charges that it paid bribes to win Latin American and Asian contracts. The French-based firm was accused of bribing government officials in Costa Rica, Honduras, Malaysia...
France Telecom agreements with Apple Inc. to distribute iPhone in France
September 20, 2007France Telecom said Thursday that its wireless arm Orange has signed an agreement with Apple Inc. to distribute the iPhone in France. Orange will start selling the combined mobile phone and iPod media player in November, France Telecom...