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German Court Rules Qualcomm GSM Patent Claim Against Nokia "Invalid"
The German Federal Patent Court ruled today that Qualcomm's GSM patent case against Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is invalid, Reuters reports. This is the third court to conclude that the American chipmaker's patent claims against Nokia are "without merit," said the Finnish handset maker. The United Kingdom High Court, and...
Thoughts on Nokia's SmartPhone E71
Dean Bubley submits: As regular readers of this blog will know, I'm not hugely enthusiastic about smart phones as a personal user of mobile devices. I'm not especially interested in "discovering" things, I don't think that "content" is particularly important, and I'm certainly not bothered about wasting my life finding...
Still Bullish on Nokia
Sramana Mitra submits: On July 17, Nokia Corporation NOK posted strong Q2 results that topped analyst estimates, driven by 21% growth in mobile device sales to 122 million units, an average of 1.35 million units per day. In the converged mobile device section, sales grew 10% to 15.3 million...
Mobile game developer Gameloft looks to Indian market
France-based games publisher Gameloft is in talks with mobile phones operators to break into the Indian market, according to The Economic Times. The company is currently in discussions with Nokia, Samsung, Motorola, Sony Ericsson and LG and has already begun...
Trial to Begin in Nokia, Qualcomm Licensing Fight
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nokia (NOK1V), the world's largest cell-phone maker, and wireless chip supplier Qualcomm QCOM go to court on Wednesday in hopes of resolving a licensing fight that involves hundreds of millions of dollars and has spawned...
NordiCaps Regional Stock Index: Tracking Scandinavia's Finest
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The Dark Knight: How Big a Movie Will It Be?
Julia Boorstin submits: The Dark Knight is going to be huge--some estimates put its weekend U.S. box office at $130 million, which would make it the third-biggest movie opening ever. This latest Batman sequel swept into 3,000 theaters Thursday night at midnight, with screenings going into the wee hours...
Nokia: Better Than Expected
Eric Savitz (Barron's) submits: Nokia NOK shares are headed higher this morning on better-than-expected second quarter results. For the quarter, the company posted net sales of $13.151 billion Euros, up 4% both year-over-year and sequentially, and ahead of the Street consensus of 12.8 billion Euros. EPS excluding special...
Welcome to Massive-Earnings Thursday
Trader Mark submits: It appears that the pattern for the next few weeks is light earnings periods on Mondays, nearly nonexistent Fridays except this week and jam-packed Tuesdays-Thursdays, especially the Thursdays.Before we go forward let's look back at names we highlighted this week - we talked about the importance of...
Nokia Results in Line, Optimistic For Year
By Tarmo Virki HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia (NOK1V), the world's biggest maker of mobile phones, reported April-June results roughly in line with forecasts, and was upbeat on the rest of 2008, easing fears that economic woes were hitting phone demand. Nokia shares in...
Symbian to extend Google ties - Rumour
Mobile software developer Symbian may be set to partner with rival Google on a smartphone operating system or applications in the future, reports Reuters. Nokia is a major shareholder in Symbian and recently moved to establish it as an open source operating platform amid competition from Google's Android system....
Motorola, Nokia, Palm, RIM Suffering iPhone Headache
Eric Savitz (Barron's) submits: That nice round number Apple AAPL announced this morning - 1 million iPhone 3G units sold in the first three days - has obviously given pause to shareholders in other handset stocks. Shares of Motorola MOT, Palm PALM, Nokia NOK and Research In Motion RIMM...
Apple Sells 1 Million New IPhones
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Inc AAPL said on Monday it has sold 1 million units of the new iPhone in its initial weekend, on par with estimates set by analysts, sending its stock rising more than 2 percent. The original iPhone, introduced...
Nokia Siemens inks USD865m network deal with China Mobile
Nokia Siemens is partnering with China Mobile to help expand the Chinese carrier's mobile network across new provinces. The deal, valued at EUR550m (USD865m), will see Nokia Siemens design, build, maintain and optimise China Mobile's radio and core networks. As part of the contract, the technology firm will also...
Nokia signs 3, TIM and America Movil for Symbian open alliance
Mobile carriers 3, Telecom Italia Mobile, and America Movil are joining Nokia's Symbian Foundation, an alliance founded by the handset maker to develop an open-source mobile platform. The new entries join AT&T, Vodafone, LG Electronics, Motorola, NTT DoCoMO, Samsung and Sony Ericsson, which co-founded the coalition with Nokia and...
Research In Motion's Pullback is an Opportunity
Faisal Laljee submits: Research in Motion RIMM, the maker of the popular Blackberry smartphone ran into some headwinds last month when it missed earnings estimated by a penny. That was enough to send the stock down 10% from a near high of $145. The market pull back further pushed...
Nokia Series 40's 6th Edition - Featurephone Market Direction
Dean Bubley submits: Another announcement [caught] my eye, as it's a bit less glamorous - but arguably more important. Although it's Nokia's NOK high-end devices that get all the limelight, it's the more-basic Series 40 featurephone platform which dominates sales volumes - and which pretty much sets the scene...
Will Today's Music Fans Buy What Nokia Is Selling?
Mathew Ingram submits: Nokia NOK now has three of the Big Four labels signed on for its upcoming “Comes With Music” service, which is expected to launch later this year. EMI hasn’t signed up yet, but apparently it is planning to. Although the terms of the deals are unknown,...
European Telecom: Bernstein Bullish on Equipment, Bearish on Handsets
Eric Savitz (Barron's) submits: Bernstein Research analyst Pierre Ferragu today launched coverage of the European telecommunications equipment sector. He is bullish on the networking sector, but negative on devices. Ergo, he launched Ericsson ERIC with an Outperform rating, Alcatel-Lucent ALU at Market Perform and starts Nokia NOK at Underperform....
Nokia signs Warner for mobile music service
Warner Music Group is opening its catalogue for Nokia's yet-to-be-launched music service, Comes With Music, becoming the third major label to sign up for the product after Universal and Sony BMG. Comes With Music, expected to launch in the second half of 2008, will offer mobile subscribers unlimited music...
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