� ETISALAT BY E & Etisalat by e & has purchased a 10 % stake in Vodafone and a US $ 4.1bn investment in the firm .

Apple has announced it is pulling the plug on a music icon : the iPod . First introduced more than two decades ago , the device has been quoted to have “ revolutionised the music industry ”, and was one of the products that introduced many consumers to the brand .

In recent years , the company has integrated its music library into its other products , such as the iPhone , Apple Watch , iPad , and Mac , and will continue to do so in the future . “ Today , the spirit of iPod lives on ,” said Greg Joswiak , Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing .

Discussing the importance of the music industry to Apple ’ s brand , he added it “ has always been part of our core at Apple , and bringing it to hundreds of millions of users in the way iPod did impacted more than just the music industry — it also redefined how music is discovered , listened to , and shared .”

� BT BT ’ s share price has increased 1.5 % year-todate at around US $ 2.19 per share .

� NOKIA Shares in Nokia have dropped by 9.84 % in the last 12 months , earning just US $ 0.29 a share .

� GLOBAL SMARTPHONE SHIPMENTS The total number of smartphones shipped across the world is expected to fall by 3 % year-onyear in 2022 due to the ongoing war between Russia and the Ukraine as well as COVID-19 .

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