Qualcomm hits back at Japanese anti-trust order

Mobile silicon giant Qualcomm has refuted allegations made by the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) this week accusing it of violating the intellectual property rights of local handset makers.

Telefonica to trial LTE in six countries

Telefonica yesterday announced plans to trial LTE technology in six countries across Europe and Latin America, as the operator giant mulls its commercial next-generation network plans. The chosen countries are Argentina, Brazil, Germany, Spain, the Czech Republic and the UK, whilst the six vendors picked for the trials are Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Huawei, NEC, Nokia Siemens Networks and ZTE.