The Nokia 6.1 Plus, announced in July 2018 and released in August 2018, is one of the more recent in a line of pure Android (Android One) smartphones by HMD Global, the home of Nokia phones. Before I …
Global LinkUP: HMD Global raises $100 million to expand Nokia range
The Global Linkup is a summary roundup of important tech news curated from around the world. On this week’s edition of the global news round-up, HMD Global, makers of Nokia, have gotten $100 million i…
7 things you must know before buying the Nokia 2
Nine days after I first laid hands on it in an unboxing, I still think the Nokia 2 is an amazing budget smartphone. Suggested read; Nokia 2; Unboxing and First Impressions Cost effectiveness always ha…
Nokia is finally back; Microsoft sells off branding rights
Before the days of Apple and BlackBerry “fandom” we were all united under one umbrella; the glorious Nokia family. Most people have had a sentimental attachment to one Nokia mobile …
Facebook’s Telecom Infra Project to tackle global data challenge
Every day, more people and more devices around the world are coming online, and it’s becoming easier to share data-intensive experiences like video and virtual reality. Scaling traditional telecom inf…
5 Blatant Product Placements in Nigerian Movies and TV you (probably) missed
Here are 5 obvious ways brands have used product placements in Nigeria; movies, music videos and even TV…
Leaked Pictures Reveal what Nokia’s First Android phone will look like
Twitter went mushy with sentimental love on the 15th anniversary of the Nokia 3310; and now, Nokia, the company that brought us the world’s most popular phone brand, has rebounded with the first unoff…
Nokia confirms sale of HERE Maps unit for $3 billion
It is barely a month since we reported about Nokia contemplating the sale of HERE Maps division to a group of German carmakers. Reuters reports that the deal has finally been concluded – Nokia h…
Microsoft lays off Mobile Division staff in Nigeria
As part of Microsoft’s global year-long blueprint of downsizing the mobile unit it acquired from Nokia almost 2 years ago, 34 of Microsoft’s 40 employees in Nigeria have been let go, Punch…
Huawei, Intel, Nokia, Samsung and Others Join The FANTASTIC-5G Research Project
The “FANTASTIC-5G” (Flexible Air iNTerfAce for Scalable service delivery wiThin wIreless Communication networks of the 5th Generation)research project was launched to speed up the development of a fle…
Nokia is staging a comeback into the smartphone business
Barely 2 years after Nokia sold its smartphone division to Microsoft, to the disappointment of lifelong fans, the company is finally staging a comeback into the space. After series on denials to dismi…
Nokia Contemplates sale of HERE Maps
Bloomberg reports that Nokia is contemplating the sale of HERE maps business to a group of “German carmakers”. However, Nokia seems to be dissatisfied with the price being offered and wants the…
The Resurrection? Nokia Buys Alcatel-Lucent for $16.6 Billion
Nokia may well soon become the largest manufacturer of telecoms equipment in the world, overtaking Ericsson and Huawei with the purchase of French telecom equipment maker, Alcatel-Lucent for 15.6 bill…