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Nokia loses UK patent appeal against IPCom

London's Court of Appeal has dismissed Nokia's attempt to overturn a ruling that it infringed on an IPCom patent. Nokia said the decision won't affect its current products, but IPCom doesn't agree and is continuing to seek an injunction against all Nokia 3G phones, it said.
ip.access E-100 brings 3G, 4G and Wi-Fi together in small cells

ip.access will be one of the Wi-Fi infrastructure vendors stepping up its game at the Mobile World Congress later this month after the UK-based company announced plans for the E-100, its first combination 3G and 4G small cell, with a Wi-Fi upgrade slot, for enterprises and indoor public spaces such as shopping centres and stadiums.
Samsung launches lawsuit to ban iPhone and iPad in Holland

Samsung Electronics has hit Apple with four patent cases in district court in The Hague, demanding a sales ban and a retail recall of all Apple products that use 3G technology.
Qualcomm eyes up business market with femtocell chipset

Qualcomm has expanded its product portfolio for femtocells with a chipset that will allow the small base stations to handle up to 32 active users, opening the door for use in enterprises and metro networks, the company announced on Monday.
HP plans to sell unlocked Palm Pre 2 to small businesses

Hewlett-Packard plans to sell the unlocked version of its Palm Pre 2 to small businesses as well as to mobile application developers.
Apple iPhone 4: Full details

Apple CEO Steve Jobs on Monday announced the fourth-generation iPhone during a keynote speech at the Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco.
Voice calls on LTE phones still a long way off

While LTE modems delivering mobile broadband services already appearing on the market, LTE phones are still some way off, not least because manufacturers and operators have yet to agree how calls will be placed and voice traffic carried over LTE's all-IP networks. One of the solutions to that problem got a boost though, with more operators and vendors lending it their support.
Apple hit by lawsuit over iPhone

Nokia has hit Apple with a lawsuit over patent infringement
Nortel to sell off remaining mobile business

Nortel Networks is preparing to auction off its division that makes equipment for GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) networks early next month, continuing the unloading of its businesses under bankruptcy reorganisation.
Qualcomm shows Android-based 'smartbook'

Qualcomm has demonstrated a previously unannounced version of Asustek's Eee PC based on its Snapdragon processor at the Computex exhibition in Tapei.

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Nokia vs Apple: Guide to smartphone patent lawsuits

Nokia has filed a lawsuit against Apple in the US, claiming that Apple?s iPhone and iPad 3G infringe on five Nokia patents. This is just the latest dispute in an increasingly litigious smartphone market.
Will Cisco drop WiMax focus after Starent acquistion?

Cisco's $2.9 billion (£1.78 billion) acquisition of Starent Networks indicates that the networking giant is back-pedalling from its WiMax focus and shifting it to LTE as the 4G underpinning of next generation mobile data networks.
WiMax in 2010: Too little, too late?

By the end of 2010, users in more than 80 US cities may be able to ditch their cable modems, T1 setups and DSL lines - and the Wi-Fi routers that go with them - in favour of WiMax broadband wireless technology.
Nortel - what's your WiMax story?

Nortel has decided to stop making WiMax equipment, but the company says it's still committed to WiMax. How can this be, we asked the company's new head of WiMax.
Cutting through the confusion that is wireless roaming

With so many different kinds of companies involved, making sense of who does what in the wireless business can be tough work. We may be free of cable spaghetti, but it's swapped for relationship and roaming spaghetti, says Devicescape CEO Dave Fraser.
The PC desktop moves into the network

Virtual PCs and virtualised applications could give us any time, any place, any device computing, or so their supporters claim - and you don't even have to run them yourself.
The war of indoor wireless

There's more than one way to converge indoor and outdoor phones. The Wi-Fi warriors will have to fight femtocells.
Nortel boss aims for relevance and focus

CEO Mike Zafirovski on his first year at Nortel, and where he wants to take the company next.
Software-defined radio: revolution in the air?

In future the same radio systems will handle cellular, Wi-Fi and other standards on one chip.
What's coming at 3GSM?

Faster data, voice convergence and all the rest will be at the world's biggest mobile show next week.

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