Windows Phone 7 phantom data 'due to third party'
Mysterious cellular data usage by Windows Phone 7 devices has been attributed to a third-party service, and is not necessarily the fault of the software OS itself, Microsoft said on Wednesday.
The 'phantom data' problem, which has left some users burning through their monthly cellular data allotment in short order — even when they were connected to Wi-Fi — was addressed by the software giant last week, when it pledged to begin an investigation into the matter.
Speaking to the Seattle Post Intelligencer, a Microsoft representative said the company now believes the cause of the data downloads to be an unnamed third party. The company also said that it was at work on ways to fix the problem, which had affected only a "small" percentage of Windows Phone customers.
