Lays off half the staff Motorola is pruning its Cambridgeshire presence by laying off 155 people at TTPCom, the technology firm snapped up by the American phone manufacturer in March 2006. Continued

Midem Sketching out a big label future In an interview from the music business annual Midem, we speak to John Kennedy, chairman and CEO of the IPFI, the international trade group representing record labels. (Later in the week we’ll hear the view from the independent sector presenting a very different picture.) Here he talks about the new ISP strategy, and the future of the big label. Continued

Can YouTube be a big hit on mobile phones? The company signed a deal with Vodafone last week, but some industry rivals aren’t so sure. One is Yospace CTO David Springall. The company runs the See Me TV and Look… Continued

iPhone? 0.6 per cent in Q4 Apple’s iPhone may have been the most talked-about handset during the final quarter of 2007, but its sales were dwarfed by the majors in a period that saw Nokia grab more than 40 per cent of the global market, the first time it’s done so. Continued

Killer phones or kill-a-phone? The convergence of PC and cellphone architectures has brought Intel and Qualcomm increasingly into conflict, and at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week, both showed prototypes of their platforms for next generation mobile devices. Continued

TVGoHome The row over US white space spectrum continues, with the newly formed Wireless Innovation Alliance stepping up its campaign to convince the FCC and the industry that wireless devices can be used in these areas without interfering with digital TV signals. Continued

Review Does the business Business is business, so it s no surprise that the world s most successful mobile maker knows exactly what makes the executive phone user swoon. Nokia has a long track-record of producing handsets that may not get consumers pulses galloping, but which absolutely bowl over businesspeople. Continued

iPhone? 0.6 per cent in Q4 Apple’s iPhone may have been the most talked-about handset during the final quarter of 2007, but its sales were dwarfed by the majors in a period that saw Nokia grab more than 40 per cent of the global market, the first time it’s done so. Continued

Make calls and get online One of the wackiest handset designs to hit the market since Nokia s 7380 has been unveiled by Toshiba: the G450. It may look odd, but it also functions as a modem. Continued

Q&A I need your help choosing what mobile phone to buy. Here’s what it has to do: Continued

A Vertu for the less well-off? If you love diamonds and bling, then forget jewellery, because Nokia s latest Prism handset is apparently the in thing for the design-conscious tech consumer. Continued

Spare some change for a Nokia? Nokia believes that if you want a cheap-as-chips handset, then you ll also want to share it with your friends. So it s unveiled two low-cost handsets for anyone unwilling to stump up the wonga for a luxury Vertu. Continued

The what got what? Nokia s got a smile on its face. The Finnish phone giant’s N95 8GB handset has become the world s first mobile to win wireless connectivity certification from the Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA). Continued

iPhone? 0.6 per cent in Q4 Apple’s iPhone may have been the most talked-about handset during the final quarter of 2007, but its sales were dwarfed by the majors in a period that saw Nokia grab more than 40 per cent of the global market, the first time it’s done so. Continued