Sprint Sues Altice Over Patents on Voice-Over-Packet Telephony

Nov. 7, 2018, 4:43 PM UTC

Sprint Corp. has alleged that Altice USA Inc. is infringing 15 patents related to broadband or packet-based telephony products or services.

Sprint is seeking cash compensation, according to a complaint filed Nov. 7 in U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.

The lawsuit targets include Suddenlink Home Phone, Suddenlink Total Home, Suddenlink Business Class Phone, Lightpath, Business Voice, and Optimum Voice.

Overland, Kan.-based Sprint sued Frontier Communications Corp. in April over the same 15 patents. That case, also in Delaware, is pending

Sprint settled related cases against Comcast Corp. and Cox Communications Inc. late last year, according to the ...

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