Members of the European Parliament have voted on new laws that could see a common type of charger being developed for all mobile phones sold in the EU. The vote also set out new rules for the use of radio spectrum and avoiding potential interference.
This move would cut costs and reduce waste, although it still needs to be formally approved and would then be followed by a three-year period before manufacturers were legally obliged to comply.
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A Hallowe’en-themed video ad by UK virtual mobile network giffgaff was likely to offend or distress viewers, according to the Advertising Standards Authority.
It upheld a number of complaints about the ‘Different Takes Guts’ advertisement on YouTube.
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Podcast - 12th February 2014
After catching up with last week's Microsoft announcement about new CEO Satya Nadella, we go on to talk about big changes for Brightstar and Sony as well.
There's also mobile payment news from MasterCard and Weve, some patent agreements, a warning about second-hand smartphone sales, a forecast of mobile data growth and a report about app developers.
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Nokia and HTC have settled all pending patent litigation between the two companies and have also set up a patent and technology collaboration agreement.
It follows a number of legal battles between HTC and Nokia in the USA and Europe.
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Cisco and Samsung Electronics have entered into a cross-licence patent agreement that covers the two companies’ existing patents as well as those filed over the next 10 years.
It’s a similar deal to the agreement between Samsung and Google that was announced last month.
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