Ericsson and ZTE have resolved patent licensing issues that had seen both parties taking legal action against each other.
In April 2011, Ericsson filed lawsuits in Germany, UK and Italy against ZTE for infringing on some of its GSM and 3G/UMTS technology patents. ZTE responded with its own patent claim.
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The ZTE Tania - ZTE’s first Windows Phone device for the UK - has been confirmed today.
It’s 10.7mm deep and offers a 4.3-inch 800x480 pixel touchscreen on the front with a 5 megapixel camera on the back. Inside is 4GB of storage and a 1GHz processor.
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Mark Bridge writes:
Chinese mobile manufacturer ZTE has just announced a new mobile phone design philosophy. It’s called “Caring, Creative, Simple, Smart” and - let’s be honest - you could say it sounds a little trite.
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Shipments of smartphones from China’s mobile handset makers are predicted to increase by 94% next year, according to a new report from IHS iSuppli. This year’s total of 52.2 million units will be overshadowed by a projected total of 101.4 million smartphones next year, which is nearly 10 times higher than the 2009 level of just 10.2 million units.
Although ongoing growth won’t be as dramatic, the Chinese smartphone market will continue expanding to reach 188.4 million units shipped in 2015.
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Strategy Analytics has calculated that global smartphone shipments grew by 44% year-on-year to reach 117 million units in the third quarter of 2011.
As a result, Samsung has overtaken Apple to become the world’s number one smartphone vendor.
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