ExclusiveEuropean Commission opens investigations into Motorola Mobility patents News Mark - April 4, 2012 The European Commission has opened two antitrust investigations against Motorola Mobility. It wants to find out whether Motorola has used ‘standard essential’ patents to distort competition and whether its licensing conditions are appropriate.
ExclusiveThis week's mobile industry news podcast: from RIM to roaming... News Mark - April 4, 2012 This week’s podcast from The Fonecast covers all the top stories from the past seven days. We’re talking about RIM’s plans for its BlackBerry business, the EC’s plans for ‘roaming’ tariffs, T-Mobile’s price-rise plans and much more. You can listen to the programme on our website audio player, via iTunes, by using our RSS feed or by downloading the MP3.
ExclusivePodcast - 4th April 2012 Podcasts Mark - April 3, 2012 Iain Graham and James Rosewell look back at the top mobile industry stories from the past seven days - including RIM's BlackBerry plans and the EC's new roaming regulations.
ExclusiveGoogle acquires payment technology company TxVia News Mark - April 3, 2012 Google has acquired payments technology company TxVia to help it develop its Google Wallet mobile payment service. The TxVia payments platform connects to major payment networks and has been used for the creation of more than 100 million accounts.
ExclusiveETSI delays decision about new microSIM standard News Mark - April 3, 2012 The European Telecommunications Standards Institute has postponed its anticipated decision about a new SIM card size. At a meeting last week, ETSI’s Smart Card Platform Technical Committee decided to delay any vote on the subject.