The partnership with ST-Ericsson will bring Nokia’s industry leading involvement with the TD-SCDMA standard to the next level. The partnership will enhance both companies’ leadership position in China’s mobile market and will create a robust user experience for Chinese consumers.

Nokia, the world’s leading provider of mobile devices, has made firm commitments to TD-SCDMA development. In October, the company launched Nokia 6788, its first Symbian based TD-SCDMA phone and announced the creation of a dedicated TD-SCDMA R&D team in Beijing.

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The Finnish handset giant said Oct. 22 it has filed suit against Apple (AAPL) in U.S. District Court in Delaware, accusing its California-based rival of infringing patents for core technology that allows the iPhone to make calls and connect to the mobile Internet. Although Nokia (NOK) has sued rivals such as Qualcomm (QCOM) over patents in the past, the latest lawsuit came as a surprise—and represents an escalation of increasingly contentious competition with Apple.

In a statement, Nokia said Apple has refused to pay for use of intellectual property developed by Nokia that lets handsets connect to third-generation, or 3G, wireless networks, as well as to wireless local area networks. “Apple is attempting to get a free ride on the back of Nokia’s innovation,” Ilkka Rahnasto, Nokia vice-president for legal and intellectual property, said in the statement. An Apple representative declined to comment.

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When the Finnish mobile technology giant announced its first netbook, the “Booklet 3G” in late August, skeptics assumed the device was an experiment and would have limited distribution. On Tuesday, Nokia ( NOK – news – people ) sought to prove them wrong by announcing the U.S. retailer (Best Buy ( BBY – news – people )) and carrier (AT&T ( T – news – people )) for the netbook, which will be in Best Buy stores by mid-November. Nokia also said it plans to develop similar devices in the future.

“Our typical approach when we introduce products is to build a portfolio of them,” Mark Louison, Nokia’s president of North America, told Forbes at the company’s New York press conference. “This is a space we absolutely believe in.”

Nokia’s confidence is striking given the crowded netbook market in which traditional PC makers such as Acer, Dell ( DELL – news – people ) and AsusTek dominate. Louison contends that Nokia brings a “fresh perspective” to the industry. Like a smart phone, the Booklet has built-in 3G mobile broadband and global positioning system (GPS) and a long battery life (up to 12 hours). Nokia is also baking some mobile software and services, like its Ovi Maps, into the Booklet.

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