5G on the way by 2020 in Land of the Rising Sun

Former rubber boot maker Nokia has signed its first major deal to supply new 5G wireless radio base stations to Japanese telecom operator NTT DoCoMo.

More cash 

The former maker of rubber boots, Nokia, has signed a multi-year smartphone patent license deal with China’s Huawei, completing its list of agreements with the world’s largest handset makers and sending its share price up.

Withing and I

Last year Nokia purchased fitness tracker, smart scales, and smartwatch maker Withings and has now made the Steel HR available to the public for pre-order.

Makes more workers redundant

The former rubber boot maker Nokia has abandoned its OZO VR camera project and made more workers redundant.

Will get a one off payment

Nokia will start to book additional revenue from the current quarter after a ruling by an arbitration court on payments from South Korea’s LG Electronics (066570.KS) for using its smartphone patents.

Could come with 4,000mAh battery

Nokia, or to be precise HMD Global, is gearing up to launch its affordable Nokia 2 smartphone and today, press renders as well as some specification details have emerged online.

Pays $2 billion that it owed.

It appears that all that rubbish that Apple spouted about the former rubber boot maker Nokia was completely untrue and the fruity-cargo cult has written a cheque for $2 billion dollars to provide the Finns with the money they are owed.

Let's Face The Music And Dance

Finnish network equipment maker Nokia did better in its quarterly profits than many expected, thanks mostly to a deal it signed with the fruity tax-dodging cargo-cult Apple.

Patents and network gear

Telecoms network equipment maker Nokia and Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Technology have signed a patent licensing agreement.

New business is borked 

Swedish outfit Ericsson has given up on getting more clients beyond the telecoms industry to refocus on selling networks to mobile phone companies.