Suplimet Corporation together with founder Hermann Lozano and sales director Xavier Lozano were found in contempt of an existing injunction against trafficking in counterfeit Nokia products. The defendants pleaded guilty and received six-year sentences.
Nokia director of brand protection Lucy Nichols said:
"Nokia will vigorously pursue counterfeiters. We welcome this prosecution and conviction as it highlights the damage it does to both manufacturers and consumers."

3 customers can tune in to a preview programme prior to each day´s matches and a review programme of the action after the games have finished.
Berlin or Bust presenter Sam Delaney will be joined by celebrities including rock band the Kaiser Chiefs and actor Ray Winstone as well as former England footballer Ray Wilkins.
The Berlin or Bust preview show includes a "biased and abusive" assessment of the day´s England news a profile of the two players in action most likely to clash and a round-up of user-generated World Cup content.
The review show features a gallery of England manager Sven Goran Eriksson´s various facial expressions during the tournament and pub-style tactical analysis.
3 UK marketing director Graeme Oxby said: "This is the first World Cup since the launch of 3G and we expect to see a massive difference in the way fans keep up with the action when compared to 2002."
Berlin or Bust will be available free to all 3 customers throughout the tournament. It airs from June 9.
3´s World Cup coverage also includes match highlights made available following every game five minutes after the final whistle. Minute-by-minute text commentary and in-match stats from every game will also be available.

The rate is the same for both contract and prepay customers who text the word GERMANY´ to 49017 to activate the rate. The rate is available as a bundle of 40 minutes worth of calls for £10.
Jim Hyde managing director of T-Mobile UK said: "More than 200000 British fans are expected to be away in Germany over the next six weeks. We want to bring them as close to the action as possible and make it as affordable as possible."
This follows its earlier offer to cut roaming rates in Europe the US and Canada to 55p a minute.
T-Mobile is also offering an exclusive edition of the Samsung E370 the official World Cup mobile of the England team. It comes preloaded with England animations wallpapers and video clips.

The sites in Oxford Street and Tottenham Court Road have been confirmed as participating members of the trial which will involve offering Nokia 1100 handsets free when bought with £30 airtime confirmed easyMobile sales and marketing director Mike Lewis.
"Weve had great success with our retail partnerships so far and easyInternet Cafes are all on prime retail positions so we thought we should try to sell through them."
EasyMobile announced a partnership with The Link in March to distribute pre-pay Nokia 1600 3220 and 5140 handsets plus the Motorola RAZR V3 through the retailers 295 stores. The decision to trial a presence in easyInternet Cafes is in line with the MVNOs strategy to widen its distribution to other high street brands.
A number of easyInternet Cafes including the ones involved in the trial already include staffed concessions devoted to selling products from all the other easyGroup businesses. It will be there that easyMobile products will be offered. Staff will register customers in-store.

Envirofone.com chief executive Pete Petrondas said: "We recognised that we needed to encourage the general public to recycle so we decided to offer them either cash or credit from Argos."
Punters also have the opportunity to nominate a charity of their choice to receive a donation £35000 worth of charitable donations have been made since January.
The firm reconditions handsets and then send them overseas to be used in countries where the cost of new hardware is prohibitive.

He was most recently a director of Vodafone´s charity arm the Vodafone Foundation. Caldwell a qualified solicitor joined Vodafone in 1991 from a similar position at Boots. He led Vodafone´s three-year battle to gain planning permission for its Newbury HQ and was also a key figure in the Vodafone takeover of Mannesmann.
A Vodafone colleague said: "In an age where hard-nosed expedience is considered a normal and desirable aspect of corporate culture Mike Caldwell combined an excellent and highly successful PR operation with real care for the people under his management. He was a gentleman in the truest sense and inspired great loyalty."
Mobile News editorial director Ian White said: "I knew Mike for 15 years and was privileged to earn his friendship. It was a measure of his popularity that his funeral was attended by people as diverse as Vodafone chairman Lord MacLaurin and Mike´s musical hero blues guitarist Bernie Marsden."
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Kallasvuo announced last week that he is considering acquisitions and cooperation deals to strengthen the Finnish handset maker.
"In an increasingly complex business environment a pragmatic look at partnerships and acquisitions is essential" he said.
Nokia is also mourning the loss of board member Edouard Michelin who died in a boating accident in north west France. Ollila paid tribute to Michelin describing him as an "outstanding industrialist and a friend". He added: "He was widely liked and respected for his charismatic leadership which combined astute business mind with a genuine interest for people." There are no immediate plans to replace him on the board.

The handsets will be supplied through Emblaze subsidiary European Telecom and is an extension of an existing relationship which began last October. Emblaze will act as a virtual manufacturer for the range which is sourced from the Far East.
Virgin´s original Lobster supplier was Data Select which launched the 485 supplied by Korean manufacturer Bellwave in June 2005.
European Telecom MD John Drinkwater said: "We have invested significantly in streamlining our operations. This is testament to our achievement."
The news comes as Virgin announced the second Lobster the 575. The handset costs £89.99 on pre-pay and free on contract. The flip phone is available in black or hotter-than-hot´ pink. It includes a 1.3 megapixel camera and video recording.

This does not in any way refer to Unique Distribution as it currently operates today. Mobile News recognises that the holding company Daleri sold Unique´s assets including the trading name to Land Investments when it went into administration in March 2005.
The company resumed trading as Unique in the summer of last year. Unique continues to trade as a going concern under the new holding company.

Phonebox Direct managing director Simon Slater said: "We want to increase business by 20 to 30 per cent over the next six months growing from a mid-sized web dealership to a bigger web sales business. We are looking at new strategic markets and will use Paul´s knowledge to take us forward."
Smith left 4U Ltd early last year and Wright left in late 2004.