Samsung Electronics has announced that that the Samsung GALAXY S II (GT-I9100) has reached global channel sales of 3 million units.

The Galaxy S2 is Samsung's flagship smartphone; it's a dual-core Android device that's less than 8.5mm deep.

A new report from information security research and analysis specialists Goode Intelligence says the market for mobile phone biometric security products and services is expected to grow significantly in the next five years.

This year, mobile phone biometric security will generate just over $30 million - but the market is expected to grow to over $161 million by 2015.

Vodafone Group, Essar Communications (Mauritius) Limited and ETHL Communications Holdings Limited have agreed terms that'll see ECML and ECHL selling their shareholdings in Vodafone Essar Limited. ECML's subsidiaries held 22% of Vodafone Essar Ltd, while ECHL has a 11% shareholding.

It'll mark the end of a four-year partnership between Vodafone and Essar in India.

The maximum charge for mobile phone calls in Europe has fallen again, thanks to the European Commission's 2009 ruling on mobile phone charges.

Consumers on any standard UK tariff will now receive the so-called 'Eurotariff' of no more than 35 Euro cents per minute for calls made (38p incl. VAT) and 11 cents (12p incl. VAT) per minute for calls received while abroad in the EU.

Nortel Networks Limited has auctioned all Nortel's remaining patents and patent applications to a consortium of Apple, EMC, Ericsson, Microsoft, Research In Motion and Sony.

The consortium's bid was $4.5 billion; RIM has confirmed its portion of the deal is approximately $770 million.