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Calypso Wireless has filed a patent infringement claim against T-Mobile USA, claiming that the carrier violated its patent on switching between GSM networks and WiFi connections.
Calypso says that T-Mobile Hotspot@Home service violates the patent it holds on automatic switching of network access points. T-Mobile's HotSpot@Home service has been in operation since June 2007, and T-Mobile has a small portfolio of phones that work with it.
"Calypso has invested significantly in the discovery, development and continued advancement of FMC," said Richard Pattin, president of Calypso. "When others make use of our patented technology, we will continue to take aggressive action including the enforcement of our legal rights."
T-Mobile released a statement regarding the claim:
"T-Mobile USA, Inc. has been made aware of the filed lawsuit and is reviewing the complaint and asserted patent. Based on its preliminary review the company believes that Calypso Wireless's allegations are without merit. T-Mobile intends to defend itself vigorously in this case."
For more:
- see this release
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Comments
Posted by Vasya | December 26, 2008 - 11:48am
-Mobile Hotspot is a complete rippoff! They designed their month to month unlimited service to make it easy for T-Mobile to fraudulently bill you on a continuous basis after you have terminated the account. Unfortunately, even when you inform them that they are to cancel and not resume beyond the month, it falls upon deaf ears and they continue to bill you. If you have it on a bank card, the crooks at T-Mobile think they have it made because the bank automatically pays the charges. In fact, T-Mobile will keep billing your bank card and this nonsense is very hard to stop. There ought to be a law prohibiting such unethical billing schemes. If someone wants to have repeated periodic billing, it should have to be affirmatively requested, and not be the default. It is far too convenient for T-Mobile to say, we didn't know you canceled and continue to rip you off. ie: steal your money; bill for services not rendered; bill you for services never utilized; bill for services never requested; bill for services never authorized. As it stands right now they have charged me for over $200.00 in services I never received. Since I overlooked the charges in my statement until this month when the automated larceny hit it has over drafted my account for over $100.00 plus another $70.00 in overdraft charges. This is 100% felony fraud!
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