Nokia is adding a subscription-based music streaming service to its product portfolio.
The new service builds on the success of Nokia Mix Radio, a free streaming service that uses caching to avoid interruptions when the listener is temporarily offline.
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Unlocking a new network-locked smartphone so that it can be used on another network is now illegal in the USA.
In fact, it’s a criminal offence with first-time offenders risking a maximum five-year prison sentence and a $500,000 fine.
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Networking and mobile phone accessory business Belkin has agreed to acquire the Linksys brand along with Cisco’s Home Networking Business Unit.
Cisco has owned Linksys for the past ten years.
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Actor Brian Blessed is offering to record voicemail messages for the first hundred O2 UK customers who buy an HTC Windows Phone 8 handset this week.
The promotional campaign, which involves each purchaser tweeting @O2 using the hashtag #brianmail, will reward winners with a voicemail greeting recorded by the richly-voiced British actor
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Communications business AT&T has agreed to spend $1.9 billion (£1.2 billion) to acquire some 700MHz mobile spectrum from Verizon Wireless.
It’s acquiring 39 licences that cover 42 million people in 18 states.
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