SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., March 24 (UPI) -- Software firm Jawa denied charges that is deceiving U.S. consumers into signing up for text-messaging services, outlined in two lawsuits.
"They want to target the third-party content industry … so they can basically monopolize that industry for themselves," said Jawa Chief Executive Officer Jason Hope, referring to a lawsuits filed by Verizon Wireless, the Arizona Republic reported Thursday.
A similar lawsuit has been filed by the state of Texas that claims Jawa runs hundreds of Web sites and pop-up ads that have costs hidden or hard to find.
Court papers filed in Texas say the ads ask for consumers to type in their mobile phone number, which sets them up for a $9.99 charge per month for text messaging and a variety of content-oriented services, such as ring-tones, recipes and news articles sent to their phones.
Jawa, in turn, filed court papers that claim Verizon has made $30 million since 2008 on contracts with the company as it earned in total $75 million over the past 12 months.
"Verizon has willingly accepted and retained the profits over the last four years from what it now describes as a 'criminal enterprise' even though, during this time, it audited these practices," papers filed by Jawa say.
Jawa also says it is following industry standards with its marketing practices.
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Friday, March 25, 2011
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