AP - The legal salvos between Nokia Corp. and Qualcomm Inc. stopped months ago, part of what officials at the wireless industry heavyweights described as a truce in a long-running battle that spanned three continents.

Reuters - Shares in the world's top cellphone maker, Nokia (NOK1V.HE), rose on Thursday after it signed a patent agreement with U.S. firm Qualcomm , ending three years of legal battles.

AFP - British mobile phone giant Vodafone said on Wednesday that it had launched a programme to repurchase shares worth 1.0 billion pounds (1.3 billion euros, 2.0 billion dollars) from investors.

Reuters - Carrying bags of stolen groceries, Oleg Vorotnikov takes out the batteries of his mobile phone before entering the secret headquarters of his underground art collective on the outskirts of Moscow.

Reuters - The German Federal Patent Court ruled on Wednesday that a Qualcomm GSM patent asserted in a case against the world's top cell phone maker Nokia was invalid.

AFP - British mobile phone giant Vodafone said Wednesday it would repurchase shares worth 1.0 billion pounds (1.3 billion euros, 2.0 billion dollars) and stressed that it was undervalued.

AP - TextBuyIt, a recently launched shop-by-cell phone service from Amazon.com Inc., seemed like the ultimate comparison shopping tool — perfect for an unabashed bargain hunter like myself.