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UPDATE 1-AT&T sues Verizon Wireless over 3G ads

By: AFX | 03 Nov 2009 | 03:39 PM ET

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NEW YORK, Nov 3 (Reuters) - AT&T Inc is suing Verizon Wireless in an effort to stop its bigger mobile rival from using "misleading" coverage maps in ads that AT&T says are causing it to lose "incalculable market share." According to the lawsuit, which AT&T said it filed in Atlanta federal court, a recently launched ad campaign shows maps with white spaces that mislead consumers into thinking AT&T has no network coverage outside of areas where it offers high-speed mobile services, known as third-generation or 3G. But AT&T argued that its customers can "fully use their wireless devices outside of a '3G' coverage area and undisputedly have coverage in areas depicted by white or blank spaces on the maps used in Verizon's advertisements." It asked the court for a temporary restraining order against Verizon Wireless, a venture of Verizon Communications Inc and Vodafone Group Plc, so that its rival cannot benefit from the ads while the court sets a date for a preliminary and permanent injunction hearing. "Verizon has stepped over the line of legitimate comparative advertising," AT&T said in an emailed copy of the the lawsuit, which was not immediately available online. The case is AT&T Mobility LLC v. Cellco Partnership, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia. (Reporting by Sinead Carew, editing by Gerald E. McCormick) Keywords: ATT/VERIZON (sinead.carew@thomsonreuters.com; + 1 646 2236186) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2009. All rights reserved.

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