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Nokia buys feature phone OS producer Smarterphone

Investment business Ferd Capital has sold Norwegian mobile software company Smarterphone AS to Nokia. The deal took place in November 2011 but has only just been announced.

Smarterphone offers an operating system that delivers an experience similar to a high-end ‘smart phone’ on lower-priced feature phones.

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One per cent of mobile users now consume half of all mobile data, says new report

Network management software company Arieso has published a report that compares data use across smartphones and other mobile-enabled devices.

The Newbury-based business says so-called ‘extreme’ users are becoming even more extreme than a year ago, with 1% of mobile subscribers now consuming half of all downloaded data.

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O2 to create Europe's largest free WiFi zone in London

An agreement between Westminster City Council, the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea and O2 is going to result in the largest free WiFi zone in Europe.

Free WiFi will be available to millions of residents and visitors using laptops, tablets and phones in the Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea areas of London.

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More than half of all phones shipped worldwide this year will be 3G or 4G handsets

For the first time, more than 50% of handsets shipped worldwide in the next 12 months will be 3G or 4G mobile phones.

That’s the prediction in a new report from ABI Research.

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HTC reports quarterly results

HTC Corporation has announced its unaudited consolidated results for the fourth quarter of 2011.

Quarterly revenue reached NT$101,419 million (£2.165 billion), down 2.49% year-on-year.

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