AFP – Nokia, the world’s largest mobile phone maker, announced Thursday it would discontinue its popular mobile file-sharing service called Ovi Files as of October 1.

AP – India has relaxed an eight-month ban on imports of telecommunication equipment, approving orders from China’s ZTE and Huawei and Finland’s Nokia Siemens Networks, executives said Wednesday, as security fears fade before an urgent need to roll out third-generation wireless infrastructure.

NewsFactor – Looking to ride on the wave of 3-D buzz flooding the consumer electronics market this year, Intel and Nokia have established a collaborative research lab in Oulu, Finland, to tackle the challenge of bringing 3-D to mobile devices. The Intel and Nokia Joint Innovation Center is up and running at the Center for Internet Excellence at the University of Oulu

Reuters – Top mobile phone maker Nokia and chip maker Intel said on Tuesday their software joint venture had got off to a solid start.

NewsFactor – Still on top but losing market share to Google and Apple, Finland-based handset maker Nokia will acquire a U.S. mobile-analytics company to study how consumers use its phones. The data from privately held Motally, which has only eight employees, may help attract developers and publishers for Qt, Symbian, MeeGo and Java applications that can enhance Nokia phones and make them more competitive.