Intellectual property analyst Florian Mueller notes that BT is the latest large company to start a patent infringement case against Google’s Android operating system.

Apple, eBay, Microsoft and Oracle have all previously started legal proceedings.

Vodafone is planning 12 new trials using femtocell technology to provide voice, text and mobile broadband coverage in ‘not spots’ across the UK.

It follows a trial in the Berkshire village of East Garston, where ‘open femto’ devices from Alcatel-Lucent have been installed in a handful of local properties. Further femtocells will soon be mounted on telegraph poles in partnership with BT Openreach.

Everything Everywhere and BT Wholesale have started their live trial of next generation 4G LTE broadband in the UK.

The two companies are working with Nokia Siemens Networks and Huawei to provide wireless broadband to around 200 customers in the St Newlyn East and south Newquay area of Cornwall.

The Competition Appeal Tribunal has upheld BT's appeal against Ofcom's ruling that call termination charges for 'non geographic' numbers couldn't be increased.

As a result, BT can now claim higher payments from the UK's mobile networks when connecting calls to 0845, 0870 and 0800 numbers.

Mark Bridge writes:

The public telephone box is disappearing as mobile phone coverage improves. In 2002, there were 92,000 BT phone boxes in the UK. Today, there are a total of 51,500 payphones… including 11,000 traditional red boxes. In order to preserve the appearance of rural life - if not the landline connection - BT has been asking parish councils across the UK if they'd like to adopt their local kiosk. Just £1 lets a community keep its red BT phone box (with the payphone taken out)… and 1,500 have been adopted so far.