Reply #1: Is this a case of US agent infiltration? [View All]

Both companies are headquartered outside of the US. The death of the 30 some year old definitely hints at being suicided, how many of these cases have we already had, from journalists to investigators.
The greed that drives these companies to gobble up everything in sight and their backdoor deals with politicians seems to be coming back to haunt them.
This is worse than the spread of the birdflu, isn't it.

I would not be surprised the "ghost software" exists here.

Vodafone = based in Newbury, Berkshire England

The Group has ownership interests in 27 countries across 5 continents. In addition, the Group has Partner Networks in a further 31 countries.
Based on ownership interests at 31 December 2005, the Group had 179.3 million proportionate customers in its subsidiaries, joint ventures, associates and investments. At 31 December 2005, there were 510.2 million total venture customers.

http://www.vodafone.com/article_wide/0,3041,CATEGORY_ID%253D306%2526LANGUAGE_ID%253D0%2526CONTENT_ID%253D230772,00.html

Ericsson in brief
Ericsson is a world-leading provider of telecommunications equipment and related services to mobile and fixed network operators globally. Over 1,000 networks in 140 countries utilize our network equipment and 40 percent of all mobile calls are made through our systems. We are one of the few companies worldwide that can offer end-to-end solutions for all major mobile communication standards.

Through our Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications joint venture we offer a range of mobile devices, including those supporting multimedia applications and other services allowing richer communication.

We invest heavily in R&D and actively promote open standards and systems. Also reflecting our ongoing commitment to technological leadership, we have one of the industry's most comprehensive intellectual property portfolio containing over 16,000 patents with an additional 15,000 patent applications pending approval by various patent authorities.

http://www.ericsson.com/ericsson/corpinfo/index.shtml

Our origins date back to 1876. Our headquarters are located in Stockholm, Sweden.