Telecoms trial for mobile gateway breach

A businessman accused of breaching an obscure telecommunications law by setting up ‘mobile gateways’ to help customers save money on phone calls appeared in court today (Mon). Daniel Mahony, 42, established a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) that converted calls so they were charged at cheaper rates between July 2008 and June 2010. Though GSMs have been legal for personal use for more than a decade, it remains illegal to use the technology for commercial use under the Wireless…