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Samsung, LG, Pantech and Carriers Fined $40 Million for Rigging Smartphone...
South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission fined Samsung, LG Electronics, KT Corp. LG Uplus Corp., SK Telecom and Pantech a total of 45.3 billion won ($40 million) for “price rigging and consumer fraud,”...
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FCC Proposes to Fine T-Mobile USA $819,000 (Updated)
The FCC on Monday released a document in which it proposes to fine T-Mobile USA for $819,000. The government body said that T-Mobile USA violated specific sections of the FCC’s rules that require U.S....
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Google Agrees to FCC’s $25,000 Fine, Wants to Put “Investigation Behind It”
Google has agreed to pay a $25,000 fine levied against it by the FCC earlier this month after the government entity said it was impeding in its data collection investigation. “Misconduct of this...
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Apple to Pay $2.2 Million Fine to Australian Government Over 4G iPad Claims
Apple agreed to pay a $2.2 million (U.S.) fine to the Australian government following a ruling from the Federal Court on Friday. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission group brought Apple...
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Verizon Wireless to Pay $1.25 Million Fine to Settle FCC Tethering Complaint
Verizon Wireless has agreed to cough up a $1.25 million fine to settle an FCC complaint in which the carrier was accused of preventing its customers from accessing Android applications that provided...
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Microsoft Faces a $7.4B Fine for Breaching EU Rules
Microsoft has reportedly blatantly ignored the European Union’s order to offer a choice of web browsers and, as a result, may face up to $7.4 billion in fines. The European Commission began...
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Mass. Regulators Sue Citi $2 million for Violating Securities Laws During...
The state of Massachusetts is suing Citigroup for $2 million in relation to the firm’s actions during Facebook’s initial public offering earlier this year. A junior analyst with the firm, who was...
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Apple Wins Patent Suit Against Samsung in The Netherlands
Apple has yet again defeated Samsung in a patent suit related to bounce-back scrolling in Samsung’s Android handsets. A court in the Netherlands recently handed Apple the victory but, unlike in other...
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U.K. Operator Three Handed $402k Fine For Improper Complaints Handling
Three, the fastest-growing operator in the U.K., has been handed a £250,000 (approx. $401,800) fine for the improper handling of customer complaints. According to communications regulator Ofcom, the...
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Typo Forced to Pay BlackBerry $860,000 for Violating Sales Ban
The last thing any startup company needs is a hefty fine, but that’s exactly what you get if you don’t abide by court injunctions. Typo Products, maker of the Typo keyboard for iPhone, has been...
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AT&T hit with $25 million fine after employees stole customer information
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has fined AT&T $25 million for a privacy breach after the personal information of hundreds of thousands of customers was stolen by the carrier’s own...
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