Tag: Nokia
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BlackBerry loses contract dispute to Nokia, to pay $137 million fine
BlackBerry Limited today announced that the International Chamber of Commerce’s International Court of Arbitration has ruled against the company in a contract dispute with Nokia Corporation. The Canadian software maker made this known with a press release it published on its website. TheNewsGuru reports on April 28, 2016, Nokia filed a Request for Arbitration with…
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Nokia cuts 170 jobs in home country
Telecom network equipment maker Nokia has completed lay-off talks in its home country Finland and will as a result cut 170 jobs, the company said on Friday. Announcing the talks in May, the company said it was preparing to cut up to 200 jobs from network operations and support functions. Nokia, which currently has 6,100…
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All Nokia smartphones to launch worldwide by the end of June
HMD Global and Nokia announced a number of new handsets at the Mobile World Congress earlier this year, but details about global availability were scarce, including the countries where they will launch. Previously, Nokia mentioned that the Nokia 3, Nokia 5 and Nokia 6 will launch in other global markets by the end of Q2;…
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Samsung is the number one most admired brand in Africa, report says
Samsung has emerged as the number one most admired brand in Africa, according to Brand Africa’s 2016/17 list of Most Admired Brands in Africa. The company grew its brand value by 13 percent; a progress that can be credited to Samsung’s expedient recall and customer service solutions, according to CNN. “Slow growth and challenging economic…
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Nokia continues decline, reports another loss
Finland’s telecoms giant Nokia reported Thursday that it remained deep in the red at the start of the year, with sales in its main business, networks, on the decline. The company posted a loss of 488 million euros ($532 million) in the first quarter, an improvement from the 609 million euros a year earlier, prompting…
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A new era for Nokia smartphones
HMD Global, the home of Nokia phones, today unveiled a new generation of Nokia smartphones, setting a new standard in design, quality and user experience throughout the range. The highly anticipated global portfolio features three new smartphones – the new Nokia 6, delivering performance and immersive entertainment in a premium and extremely robust design; Nokia…
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Nokia makes smartphone comeback starting in China with Nokia 6
Nokia is making a cameo comeback with smartphones unveiling Nokia 6 running on Google’s Android OS at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2017 on Sunday. If you are a cell phone user of a certain age, you likely have a soft spot for the Nokia brand. In the late 1990s and most of the aughts,…
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LOOKING AHEAD: Smartphones to launch 2017
2017 is upon us, bringing with it a flurry of new top-end smartphones to get excited about. The tenth anniversary of the original iPhone means Apple may have something special in store for us this year, while Samsung will probably come out all guns blazing in order to soundly recover from the Galaxy Note 7…
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Nokia files patent infringement charges against Apple
Nokia Corp said on Wednesday it had filed a number of lawsuits against Apple Inc for violating 32 technology patents, striking back at the iPhone maker’s legal action targeting the one-time cellphone industry leader a day earlier. Nokia’s lawsuits, filed in courts in Dusseldorf, Mannheim and Munich, Germany, and the U.S. District Court for the…
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Mobile OS that rocked 2016
Mobile phone technology is evolving daily, weekly and yearly; while the story of 2016 is not different, the major driving force behind mobile phones are the various mobile operation systems (OS). A mobile operating system or just mobile OS, is an operating system for smartphones, tablets, personal digital assistants (PDAs), or other mobile devices. While…