Warren Lewis, LG’s head of mobile for the UK, is reported to be leaving the company after five months in his role.
He’d been with the company since 2007 and replaced Jim Michel in September 2011.
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Samsung Electronics has announced the GALAXY Tab 2 (7.0), a 7-inch tablet that’ll run version 4.0 of the Android operating system.
The new Galaxy Tab will be available in the UK from March in 3G+WiFi and WiFi-only versions.
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Following press speculation at the weekend, Vodafone has confirmed it’s “in the very early stages of evaluating the merits of a potential offer” for CWW (Cable & Wireless Worldwide).
It points out there’s no certainty that an offer will be made.
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Mark Bridge writes:
It’s not been a good week for Nokia staff, with 4000 of them likely to lose their jobs from factories in Finland, Hungary and Mexico. The company says it’s moving device assembly to Asia, where it’ll be closer to component manufacturers. The three scaled-down factories will remain open with a new focus on smartphone customisation.
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Mark Bridge writes:
I’m not the first person to point out that mobile phone patent battles are raging all around us. They’ve been going on for years.
However, the topic of FRAND patents - those designated as ‘industry standards’ and therefore required to be licensed on Fair, Reasonable And Non-Discriminatory terms - has become an increasingly newsworthy topic.
In the last couple of weeks we’ve reported on an EC investigation into Samsung’s licensing of mobile patents and a Motorola/Apple legal battle that involves FRAND licensing.
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