YCL Electronics Co. in Feng Shan City claims that its contract with Nokia is unfair because the agreement allows Nokia to cancel any order without liability two weeks prior to the delivery date. That clause leaves YCL vulnerable because it has to pay for the product materials far ahead of time, the company said.

Espoo-based Nokia responded by defending its contract language and citing quality problems with some equipment supplied by YCL. Nokia believes that the contract is a standard one and that it has acted properly, said Thomas Jsnsson, director of communications for the company's operations in Beijing.

Andy Lu, vice president of sales at YCL, said the company resolved a product quality problem with Nokia in April.

South Korea orders changes in Windows

SEOUL -- South Korea's antitrust regulatory body last week fined Microsoft 33 billion won ($32 million U.S.) for violations of fair trade regulations and ordered the software vendor to modify Windows.