In recent times, especially in Germanyit is not easy to find a smartphone of Nokia. The reason behind this difficulty is related to a legal dispute between HMD, the company that owns the rights to the Nokia brandand a company called “VoiceAgesEVS LLC”.
At the heart of the dispute, the use of “Enhanced Voice Services”which is an audio codec used in calls Times. The VAEVS company, in fact, believes Nokia is not licensed to use this technology and this led to an injunction that would prevent the sale of some Nokia devices in Germany.
In a statement released to the media, HMD stated: “We are disappointed with the completion of the VoiceAge execution procedures in Germany. For this reason, we filed a complaint in December. In the meantime, we have made sure that none of the devices offered and distributed in Germany support EVS. For this reason, most phones, with the exception of some models (such as Nokia G11 and G21), are currently not available for purchase in Germany. ”
In any case, it would seem that the “drought” of Nokia phones has also affected other European markets such as France, Spain, Italy. However, it is not known whether this is a consequence of this legal dispute.
