Nokia today announced that US publishers Fox News, History and Hollywood Reporter are among new additions to the Nokia Media Network, an advertising network that provides brands reach to millions of mobile consumers through advertising on blue-chip mobile publishers, operator partners and Nokia services.

Cellular News reports that Qualcomm and China's Wingtech Communication, a mobile terminals company, announced that they have entered into a subscriber unit and module/modem card (including PCB assemblies) patent license agreement.

Mobile phones are likely to be the next target of criminal computer hacking gangs, scientists have warned, according to a report by Associated Press.

Industry groups the IMS Forum and the NGN Forum have merged to form the IMS/NGN Forum, notes Telecompaper.

South African mobile operator Vodacom - soon to be majority-owned by Vodafone - is to spend a further €22 million (US$30 million) on upgrading its WCDMA/HSPA network using radio access kit from Alcatel-Lucent.

Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) claims it will be offering LTE-compatible base station hardware to more than ten major mobile operators in Europe, Asia and North America by the end of this year.

The handset market will soon have a new player in the form of INQ Mobile, a company that claims it will offer "social mobiles" that better reflect recent trends such as social networking, instant messaging, video sharing and Skype calling.