Nokia’s support for the Microsoft Windows Phone operating system will see the OS overtake Apple’s smartphone market share in 2015, according to a new report from iSuppli.
The IHS iSuppli Mobile & Wireless Communications Service talks about the new 4G LTE Nokia Lumia 900 triggering a ‘smartphone renaissance’ for the two companies.
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India’s Supreme Court has ruled that Vodafone isn’t liable to pay taxes on its acquisition of Hutchison Essar in 2007. The country’s tax authorities had claimed a total of around £2.8 billion was due in taxes and penalties.
This appeal in the Supreme Court followed a High Court defeat for Vodafone in 2010.
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Google, Intel and Microsoft have all reported financial results for the last three months of 2011.
Intel, whose report also marked the end of its financial year, posted quarterly revenue of $13.9 billion (up 21% year-on-year) and net income of $3.4 billion (up 6% year-on-year).
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The International Telecommunications Union, which is the United Nations agency for IT and telecoms, has confirmed the specifications for next-generation mobile technologies. This will be known as IMT-Advanced and will include ‘LTE-Advanced’ and ‘WirelessMAN-Advanced’ (which is also known as Mobile WiMAX Release 2).
Although WiMAX, LTE and HSPA+ are often described as a ‘4G’ service, the ITU sees IMT-Advanced as being the true fourth-generation evolution.
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Faisal Sheikh from London-based Fone Doctors talks to Iain Graham about life as a mobile phone dealer. They look back at 2011 and discuss Faisal's plans for 2012, including the recent relocation of the Fone Doctors shop.
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