Samsung Electronics has completed a review of suppliers based in China after a report from China Labor Watch criticised working conditions at one of Samsung’s Chinese suppliers.

CLW said that child labour appeared to be a common practice in one factory, also noting that it had additional concerns about working hours, employment contracts and working conditions.

Nokia has launched two new feature phones today. The Nokia Asha 205 has a QWERTY keyboard and dedicated Facebook button while the Nokia 206 has a ‘candy bar’ design.

Both are expected to go on sale from around $62 SIM-free (£46 incl. VAT) later this year.

Mark Bridge writes:

It’s time to ‘ketchup’ with last week’s biggest mobile industry news stories - and where better to start than with HP’s claims of ‘saucy’ behaviour?  It’s launched an investigation into last year’s acquisition of UK company Autonomy, claiming the software company had ‘spiced up’ its valuation. Condiment-based puns aside, it’s a serious matter that could see key players from the deal charged with cooking the books.

Total worldwide revenue collected by the mobile application market will pass $30 billion (around £19 billion) by the end of this year, according to ABI Research.

That’s the cumulative total from chargeable app downloads, in-app purchases, subscriptions and in-app advertisements - and it’s almost doubled since the end of last year.

Ofcom has launched a consultation about new laws that would allow ‘white space’ technology to be used the UK.

These so-called ‘white spaces’ are the unused parts of frequency bands that have been reserved for other uses, such as TV broadcasting, but could also be used for other applications such as broadband and M2M connections.