News of Note—Nokia, Qualcomm, KDDI and more

Here are some other stories we're following today:

> Nokia appointed Joerg Erlemeier as chief operating officer and member of the Group Leadership Team, reporting to President and CEO Rajeev Suri. Release

> With a bevy of executives, partners, press and analysts on hand in Maui, Hawaii, Qualcomm Technologies last week launched the Snapdragon 845 mobile platform, the company’s new generation mobile platform. RCR News article

> Altair Semiconductor announced that Altair’s ALT1160 chipset—along with Ecrio’s MCCS VoLTE solution—have been certified for deployment on KDDI’s Japanese network. Release