Tethering enabled on Google Android outside US market

Tethering enabled on Android outside US market

Google recently removed a tethering application from the Android Market stating that it was in violation of the T-Mobile terms of usage.

The search engine giant has now reinstated the application but only for the non-US markets.

Tethering allows the owner of the Android powered Smartphone to use the device as a modem for a laptop or desktop computer to access the internet.

The application is now available to Google G1 users in Singapore and Australia where it is officially sold.

Google had this to say on the new developments:

On Monday, several applications that enable tethering were removed from the Android Market catalog because they were in violation of T-Mobile’s terms of service in the US. Based on Android’s Developer Distribution Agreement (section 7.2), we remove applications from the Android Market catalog that violate the terms of service of a carrier or manufacturer. We inadvertently unpublished the applications for all carriers, and today we have corrected the problem so that all Android Market users outside the T-Mobile US network will now have access to the applications. We have notified the affected developers.