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French newspaper Les Échos is reporting that the key ETSI vote to determine whose nano-SIMpatent should become the standard has been postponed. The participating companies have failed to reach agreement after Nokia refused to license key patents to Apple in exchange for free use of Apple’s technology. As a consequence, the vote will be postponed for a minimum of thirty days.
At the same time, RIM has followed Émile Zola’s example and screamed J’Accuse! at Apple, claiming that Cupertino is trying to rig the decision of the ETSI by registering its own personnel as representatives from Bell Mobility, SK Telekom and KT Corp. The BlackBerry maker has petitioned the standards agency to ensure that proxy voting is not allowed in the key vote and blunt Apple’s alleged plan. Head on down to the source link to read both reports including the filing submitted to the ETSI.
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Nano-SIM standard vote postponed while RIM accuses Apple of cheating originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 30 Mar 2012 04:15:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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