A total of 4.9 million commercial WiFi hotspots were available round the world in 2012, according to ABI Research.

It expects this figure to exceed 6.3 million by the end of 2013, an increase of more than 28%.

Mobile Broadband Network Limited, the joint venture owned by Three UK and EE, has given Ericsson a five-year contract to manage its radio access network in the UK.

MBNL was originally formed in 2007 to provide Three and T-Mobile with better service by combining their 3G masts and associated infrastructure.

Online security company Kaspersky Lab has published details of a mobile application that it describes as ‘the most sophisticated’ Android malware it’s ever seen.

The file - now being referred to as Backdoor.AndroidOS.Obad.a - is capable of sending text messages to premium rate numbers, downloading and installing more malware, sending malware via Bluetooth and performing other commands.

South Korean multimedia device manufacturer Xtreamer has launched a smartphone called the Xtreamer JoyZ.

The new device runs Android ‘Jelly Bean’ on a 1.4GHz Samsung quad-core processor and has a 4.7-inch screen along with a 13 megapixel camera.

Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda, has called on European MPs to end mobile roaming charges.

In a statement, she said “I want you to be able to go back to your constituents and say that you were able to end mobile roaming costs. I want you to be able to say that you saved their right to access the open internet, by guaranteeing net neutrality. I want you to be able to say we took real action on cybercrime and other threats.”