Nokia has said it will offer 843 million crowns (US$153 million) for all the shares in Norwegian mobile software firm Trolltech, a deal the Finnish firm expects to further boost its recent push into services and software.

UK MVNO Blyk claims its advertising-funded business model is growing by 3,000 subscribers every week and has a total customer base of 30,000 at present.

Sony Ericsson has struck content deals with ten music labels – including three of the world’s four major labels – ahead of the launch of its online music store in May.

Japanese mobile operator NTT DoCoMo has given its strongest support yet to Google’s Android operating platform by stating it is considering development of a mobile phone based on the technology.

AT&T used its Q4 results announcement yesterday to confirm that it will shut down its TDMA network at the end of next month.

User-generated content website YouTube is expanding its mobile offering, claiming that users with 3G handsets can now access its mobile video content and features that were previously only available on its PC-oriented site.

Chinese vendor Huawei has confirmed speculation it has won a US$500 million deal with Indian operator Reliance for the national rollout of its new GSM network.

The first day’s anonymous bidding of the FCC’s high profile 700MHz spectrum auction attracted US$2.8 billion in prospective bids.

Baidu, China’s largest search provider by far, yesterday launched its first major overseas venture with a move into Japan. Baidu is to compete against Yahoo! Japan and Google Japan, which together have a near-duopoly on the search engine market, commanding a combined total market share of 89.5%.

Finnish vendor Nokia said today that its Q4 net profit surged 44% to US$2.6 billion and that it had reached its long-term goal of 40% market share in handset sales.