Nokia and Honor have signed a new patent cross-license agreement covering both manufacturers’ fundamental 5G inventions and other cellular technologies. Nokia says it has invested more than €140 billion invested in research and development over the last 23 years since 2000 to develop around 20,000 patent families. These include 6,000 patent families essential to 5G.

Reports that BT is facing massive fines for not meeting the deadline to remove Huawei equipment from its core network appear to be premature.

Apple has expanded its Self Service Repair program to include the iPhone 15 lineup and M2-powered computers. The service is now available in 24 additional European countries, including Croatia, Denmark, Greece, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Switzerland. This expansion supports 35 Apple products across 33 countries and is available in 24 languages. Apple Diagnostics for Self

Virgin Media O2 chief commercial officer Rob Orr (main pic) has taken over as chief operating officer to replace Gareth Turpin who has left the business.

Telecoms customers must be told upfront about any price rises their provider includes in their contract, under new consumer protection plans set out today by Ofcom. Ofcom is to stop telecoms companies from levying mid-contract price rises and introduce tougher protections for customers by banning this practice The new ruling woud apply to new contracts. A

Apple is facing a civil court class action over allegations of UK market abuse claims that it deliberately slowed down the performance of older iPhone models.

Virgin Media O2 has bolstered 4G coverage in Skegness by installing small cells on streetlights, in collaboration with its technology partner Ontix. Skegness draws approximately two million holiday visitors annually. Virgin Media O2 collaborated with Ontix and Lincolnshire County Council to pilot small cells, aiming for a cost-effective and adaptable approach to enhancing capacity—a tactic

Vodafone has signed a multi-year partnership with Superstruct Entertainment to be official connectivity partner of the Boardmasters music festival held in Cornwall in August

Telefonica MVNO, giffgaff is providing street newspaper the Big Issue with 250 refurbished smart phones which will be given to new sellers to enable them to generate cashless sales.  This is Big Issue’s first partnership with a mobile network, and the first time that Big Issue sellers have smartphones with NFC technology, The Giff Gaff supplied-phones

Xiaomi’s third quarter profit up 182.9 per cent hit a two-year peak.  Eurpoean smartphone market share now 23.3 per cent.

Secondary market startup Reboxed has secured £1.6 million in seed funding from venture capitalist ACF Investors to develop its retail partner programs and Reboxed for Business service.

Over The Top business messaging traffic will surge to 375 billion messages by 2028, up from the 100 billion messages recorded so far 2023 according to Juniper Research.