US 'affluenza' runaway teen delays Mexico extradition

A fugitive who made headlines for using an "affluenza" defence after a fatal drink-driving crash has delayed his extradition from Mexico to the US. A judge will now consider the deportation of Ethan Couch, 18. He and his mother were arrested in the resort town of Puerto Vallarta after a phone call for pizza tipped off police. Couch left Texas for Mexico after he allegedly broke probation. His lawyer had argued a privileged upbringing left him with no sense of responsibility. 'Hindering an apprehension' An arrest warrant was issued earlier this month for Couch after he failed to report to his probation officer. Advertisement His disappearance came shortly after he had apparently been filmed at a party where people were consuming alcohol, police said. He could go to prison for up to 10 years if found to have violated his probation by drinking. His mother Tonya Crouch faces charges of hindering an apprehension.

Ericsson eyes huge opportunities from mergers in telecom sector

Ericsson expects the ongoing consolidation in the Indian telecom industry to offer a big business opportunity to the Swedish telecom gear maker's managed services business. New Mexico's Unique Architectural StyleAFAR Are Multiple Sclerosis Patients Experts?Living Like You by Novartis Recommended By Colombia "It is a potential opportunity specifically from managed services view point. We do multivendor managed services, and are already managing all the other vendors in India," Jeroen Dorrestein, vice president and head of operations, Ericsson India, told ET. "Large consolidation opens up the market because it brings new dynamics, it brings bigger parties," he said. Reliance Communications (RCom) is the biggest managed services customer of Ericsson in India. The company currently has around 15,000 people involved in managed services operations. It plans to increase this number going ahead. "We have big-big ambitious plans on growing business. If you double your services business, then you are going to need more people," Dorrestein said. Ericsson also has Bharti Airtel as one of its oldest managed services partner. Asked if the company is planning to work with Reliance Jio, he said, "We have an ongoing engagement with Reliance Jio. We have a number of projects ongoing -- we are supplying a number of solutions. We have a couple of teams on the ground that provides services."