Navigating India’s bureaucracy while trying to run an honest business is already difficult. Yesterday a Supreme Court verdict made it harder. In response to a petition by anticorruption activists, the court issued a ruling which means that even if a company manages to keep its own nose clean and win regulatory approval without paying off greedy bureaucrats, it could still lose its license to operate if competitors bribed officials. … more

The Supreme Court of India issued a stinging rebuke to the government on Thursday by canceling 122 telecommunications licenses sold at below-market prices in 2008 that have been the subject of a long-running controversy. … more

Apple Inc. failed to get a preliminary ban on sales of Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy 10.1N and Galaxy Nexus mobile phone from a German court. … more

The Canadian government may announce rules as soon as this month to govern its next auction of wireless spectrum, which could unlock billions of dollars of infrastructure investments by companies such as BCE Inc. … more

U.S. Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) has proposed a bill that would require all phone companies to notify consumers of any user tracking and monitoring software in their cell phones. … more

Mexico’s phone industry, dominated by billionaire Carlos Slim’s carriers, overcharged customers $13.4 billion a year from 2005 to 2009, hurting the nation’s economy, according to a report. … more

The iPhone has taken a big bite out of the BlackBerry in a market where the older phone once dominated: business customers in North America.
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North Korea has warned that any of its citizens caught trying to defect to China or using mobile phones during the 100-day mourning period for Kim Jong-il will be branded as “war criminals” and punished accordingly. … more

Research in Motion, maker of BlackBerry smartphones and tablets, sent its co-chief executives packing last week and replaced them with Thorsten Heins, who had been RIM’s chief operating officer. How would he characterize his employer? … more

ARCEP, the French telecommunications regulator, has promised to investigate whether new network operator Free Mobile is still offering the level of coverage required by its license, following complaints by employees of rival networks. But it also warned the company’s critics to stop whining, saying that the existing three network operators had all failed to meet their coverage obligations at launch. … more