T-Mobile filed in the Court of coffee at Starbucks
The American telecommunications company T-Mobile filed in the Court of coffee at Starbucks, accusing the latter of an illegal deal with the first competitor - by AT & T.
The contract with AT & T to provide coffee to visitors free wireless Internet access company Starbucks has concluded as early as the beginning of this year, but the full transition to a new partner, the terms of the contract with T-Mobile, should occur gradually. According to lawyers T-Mobile, AT & T and Starbucks, in violation of previous agreements in secret from T-Mobile developed a marketing plan and have already begun to implement it on the basis of telecommunications infrastructure T-Mobile, reports Reuters. Now T-Mobile calls from the former partner of damages. The specific amount, though not named.
It will be recalled that T-Mobile offers free wireless access to the network in several thousand Starbucks establishments in the United States since 2002. Access organized within the framework of service HotSpot, also for a long time acting in U.S. airports.