Washington wants clarification Apple and Google

- Security updates of smartphones may come too late to consumers, fearing the US authorities. And therefore need eight manufacturers (including Apple and Google) and six carriers (including AT T and T-Mobile) provide clarification.

Two administrations, the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission, which have informed Monday. Quot; We are concerned that there is considerable delay in sending patches to devices- and that older devices may never be patched , the FCC wrote.

The smartphone makers to provide clarity, Apple, Google, Blackberry, HTC, LG, Microsoft, Motorola and Samsung. The providers are AT amp; T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint, US Cellular and TracFone. They must show what mobile devices they have placed on the US market since August 2013, what the vulnerabilities are and what they have done.