Week in Numbers: McKinnon case rolls on
Huge losses for Sony Ericsson, huge acquisition attempts by Broadcom, and big contracts for BT.

This week in the world of IT, we saw developments in the McKinnon case, scrutiny for the government's E-Crime Unit - and more.
22 - The total number of people arrested through investigations initiated by the government's Serious Organised Crime Agency's (SOCA) E-Crime Unit - although, they do a lot more than just make arrests, according to the Home Secretary.
30 - The number of security patches released by Oracle this week as part of its quarterly update.
70 - The potential number of years UK hacker Gary McKinnon is rumoured to face in prison if extradited to the US.
100 - Alcatel-Lucent announced this week that it will be releasing new cards next year that will increase the speed of its 10Gb routers and switches to a whooping 100Gb.
99 million - The value of the contract acquired this week by BT to provide support to military communications.
243 million - Sony Ericsson posted losses of 243 million this week, a 43 per cent drop in handset shipments.
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