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Deutsche Telekom Scandal Could Spread to U.S.

Cassimir Medford writes on Red Herring:

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission could enter investigations into Deutsche Telekom over admissions it spied on phone calls to identify news leaks, according to a source on Wednesday.

The FCC could initiate its own action to see if DT’s “pretexting” extended to DT-owned T-Mobile USA, the No. 4 U.S. mobile carrier.

“Pretexting is clearly against the law in the U.S.,” said Joe Nordgaard, director of wireless consulting firm Spectral Advantage. “That was made clear in the HP scandal, but there are other complications stemming from the fact that DT is part owned by the German government.”

A spokesman for the FCC said that the agency has not begun an investigation of T-Mobile USA but it has authority to begin one if there is evidence that the DT scandal spread to the United States.

posted by Fergie @ 5/28/2008 06:24:00 PM