ExclusiveHuawei files lawsuit against Motorola News Mark - January 24, 2011 There's a new mobile-related legal battle – and this one’s between Huawei and Motorola. Huawei Technologies has asked a US District Court to prevent Motorola from transferring Huawei's intellectual property to Nokia Siemens Networks.
ExclusiveOpen IPTV Forum and Broadcast Mobile Convergence Forum to merge News Mark - January 24, 2011 OIPF (Open IPTV Forum) and bmcoforum (Broadcast Mobile Convergence Forum) are planning to join forces, with the activities of bmcoforum being merged into the OIPF. The aim is to create a single, strong entity across the fixed and mobile broadband industries.
ExclusiveTelefonica and China Unicom buy more shares in each other News Mark - January 23, 2011 Telefónica and China Unicom have each agreed to buy $500 million of each other's shares. This'll give Telefonica around 9.7% of China Unicom and will give China Unicom a 1.37% stake in Telefonica.
ExclusiveUK buyer and UK application help Apple reach 10 billion App Store downloads News Mark - January 23, 2011 Apple says the 10 billionth application downloaded from its iPhone, iPad and iPod touch App Store was Paper Glider by Neon Play. The app was downloaded by Gail Davis of Orpington, Kent, who’ll receive a $10,000 iTunes Gift Card.
ExclusiveThis week at The Fonecast: 22nd January 2011 Opinion Mark - January 21, 2011 Mark Bridge writes: This week’s big news isn’t entirely mobile-related – but it is entirely worth mentioning. First we had Amazon snapping up the part of LOVEFiLM they didn’t already own. (Allow me to start the speculation about a video-streaming Kindle). And then Google CEO Eric Schmidt said he was leaving.