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The new space race: An image from the launch of the Audible book Artemis: Journey to the Moon. Photo: Ilya S Savenok/Getty Images/Audible

Nokia and Nasa to install 4G on the Moon

Installing a wireless network on the Moon is just one step toward establishing a long-term human presence there

Huawei is the world’s biggest supplier of telecommunications networking equipment and number-two smartphone manufacturer. (Getty Images)

France won’t bar but may restrict Huawei in 5G network

There has been intense debate in Europe about whether or not to exclude Huawei from supplying equipment for 5G mobile networks

Mobile World Congress’s top seven gadgets

The main focus at the Mobile World Congress was on big names like Samsung, Sony and Nokia but smaller and lesser known brands also made a splash.

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Nokia launches ultra-cheap Android phones

Nokia has released five new low-cost phones, including three that can run both Android apps and Microsoft services.

Nokia has since dived headlong into change – and is yet to surface.

Nokia to sell phone unit to Microsoft for €5.44bn

Beleaguered Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia will sell its mobile phone unit to US group Microsoft for €5.44-billion.

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Do you like your phone enough to put some bling on it?

It seems there is a market for ­people willing to pay between R50 000 and R159 000 for a phone from luxury brand Vertu.

Nokia has since dived headlong into change – and is yet to surface.

Tech Factor: Microsoft readies the lifeboats

Software giant plans to morph into a services company, writes Alistair Fairweather.

Nokia’s last throw of the dice

Nokia’s last throw of the dice

After nearly a decade of phoning it in, Nokia has at last upped its game with the Lumia 800, writes <b>Alistair Fairweather</b>.

Nokia starts ‘new dawn’ in the US with two smartphones

Finnish company rumoured to have a marketing budget of between $100-million and $200-million for its latest push.

iPhone sweeps the market in Christmas battle

iPhone sweeps the market in Christmas battle

The iPhone 4S has outsold other smartphone brands from the four weeks to 9 December, while Nokia’s Lumia failed to make it to the top 10.

Nokia aims to upset Apple’s cart with Microsoft tablet

Nokia aims to upset Apple’s cart with Microsoft tablet

After trailing behind in the smartphone race, Nokia plans to take on Apple’s iPad next year with its own tablet, running Microsoft’s Windows software.

Phone makers stand to lose in Google-Motorola deal

Asian phone vendors relying on Google’s Android operating system could increase their exposure to rival mobile platforms

Nokia: Apple to pay royalties

Nokia: Apple to pay royalties, patent disputes end

Nokia said on Tuesday its competitor, Apple, has agreed to pay royalties for using Nokia technology in its devices, ending their patent disputes.

Nokia’s technology chief quits

Nokia’s head of technology has taken a leave of absence and is not coming back over disagreement over a new group strategy.

Nokia: Apple to pay royalties

Nokia to shed thousands of jobs

Nokia said on Wednesday it would cut 4 &nbsp;000 jobs in a restructuring aimed at stopping the haemorrhaging of its market share.

Nokia files new patent violation complaint against Apple

Nokia files new patent violation complaint against Apple

Nokia said on Tuesday it was filing a fresh complaint against Apple for patent infringement in "virtually all" of Apple’s devices.

Nokia: Going (micro)soft

It might have seemed like a match made in heaven: the world’s greatest software company teaming up with the world’s leading cellphone manufacturer.

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Nokia, Microsoft join forces in smartphone war

Nokia and Microsoft teamed up on Friday to build an iPhone killer in a desperate attempt to take on Google and Apple in the smartphone market.

Take Five: On mobile strategies and sustainability concerns

Nokia wakes up to find itself on fire, a mobile app helps to save Catholics from said fire and New Yorkers try to find ways to monetise their sewage.

Whither Nokia?

There was a whiff of desperation about Nokia’s annual "World Show" event in London on Tuesday.