This week's edition of The Fonecast takes its usual look at the latest mobile industry news headlines, covering charity SMS messages, a new purchasing partnership, m-commerce, NFC and international calls.
Plus, with our 250th podcast just a few weeks away, we turn the clock back to 2006... when we discussed the topic of 'voicemail hacking'.
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Apple is taking legal action against Samsung, claiming that a number of Samsung smartphones and the Samsung Galaxy Tab infringe a number of Apple patents and trademarks.
The lawsuit was filed on Friday in the Northern District of California.
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Mark Bridge writes:
We head into the weekend with the News of the World admitting voicemail hacking was more widespread than previously thought. Mobile networks had already made it much harder to access voicemail remotely… and now the NotW is saying sorry and preparing to pay compensation.
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News International, which owns the News of the World newspaper, has admitted liability in a number of 'voicemail hacking' cases. Several claimants have been offered an apology; the company is also setting up a compensation fund to pay claims.
Allegations of unauthorised access to mobile phone voicemail accounts first came to light in 2006, when a News of the World reporter was arrested.
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Google has bid to acquire Nortel's portfolio of wireless and mobile-related patents. They're being sold by Nortel as part of the company's bankruptcy auction.
In a blog post, Google said it hopes that acquiring the patents would discourage companies from taking legal action against it.
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