Nokia, the world’s biggest mobile phone maker, is suing American rival Apple for allegedly infringing patents on technology for the iPhone.

The Finnish firm yesterday said it had not been compensated – and Apple’s shares dipped as it was accused of trying for “a free ride on the back of Nokia’s innovation”.

The 10 claimed patent breaches include wireless data, security and encryption.

Nokia said they applied to all models of the iPhone since its launch in 2007 because Apple had not signed an agreement allowing it to use the technology as about 40 other companies had done.

This month, Nokia had its first quarterly loss in a decade as a seven per cent rise in iPhone sales let Apple report £1billion profits in the three months to September 26.

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In July some of you may remember that I wrote about the release of the brand new DSTV HD PVR that was due for release this month. Sad news is that we will still have to wait a little bit longer for the release of the new DSTV HD PVR.

Multichoice has revealed that they are still busy testing the new UEC HD PVR but it is in the final stages of testing and would be released to the public very soon, but no date has been given yet.

Multichoice announced the release of the new UEC DSTV HD PVR in July this year, the UEC decoder is set to compete with the current PACE HD PVR. Multichoice also announced that they will be releasing a lower end HD decoder soon that will give users the HD experience without having PVR functionality. The lower end HD decoder will come in at a lower price than the current PVR models, no date has yet been set for the release of the lower end HD decoder.