Orange needs new plan for Kenya exit; Apple market value hits $700B

> Apple's market valuation hit $700 billion (€561 billion) for the first time. Article

> Microsoft faces a $140 million (€112 million) tax bill in China. Report

> Telecom Italia CEO Marco Patuano said there are no talks between the Italian operator and Brazil's Oi "for the time being". Article

> MTS' third quarter net profit fell 11.2 per cent year-on-year to RUB16 billion (€275 million/$354 million). Article

> Orange will need a new plan for a Kenya exit after Vietnamese operator Viettel pulled out of talks to acquire a 70 per cent stake in Telkom Kenya. Article

> India's Bharti Airtel is to sell 4,800 mobile phone masts in Nigeria to American Tower Corp for $1.05 billion (€842 million). Article

> Ericsson and IBM agreed to collaborate on research into phased-array antenna designs for 5G networks. Article

And finally…Find yourself drunk dialling ex partners on a night out? There's an app for that. Article