Ever since the smartphone became popular, the mobile networks have been complaining about how much extra data users pull down and the stress that puts on their infrastructure. Such data use has seen most networks introduce caps on contracts and significant fees per gigabyte if those caps are exceeded.
In Japan, network operator NTT DoCoMo is going a step further and requesting that Google limit how much data Android requests, as well as the frequency of those requests. The plea comes following several service disruptions, with the most recent seeing DoCoMos service go down due to VoIP use on Android devices.
While VoIP certainly accounts for heavy data use, DoCoMo want Google to go further than just limiting such a service.
