—EU LTE funds: The European Commission says it will put €18 million in to funding LTE Advanced, a long-term evolution standard creating mobile networks capable of up to 1 Gigabit per second. Release.

—Shazam free: The music identification app is going free on Nokia’s Ovi Store until November 30 in a promotion declared as marking the release of the N97 handset. Release.

—O2 Skype: O2 Germany has broken ranks from other German operators by stopping the blocking of VoIP traffic over its data network, allowing apps like Skype to be used for voice calls.