M&A, IP, Patents Nokia has announced its seventh major smartphone patent license agreement, which closes a renewal cycle that commenced in 2021. It expects a €400 million lift to its Q1 sales, due to prior periods of non-payment. Altice Group is reportedly seeking $10.78 billion for its Portuguese assets. STC has been tied to the acquisition, as has Iliad Group, and a joint bid involving Warburg Pincus. A plan from CK Hutchison to sell a 60% stake in the network assets of Italian subsidiary Wind Tre to private equity company EQT Infrastructure for €3.4 billion has been scrapped because conditions of the deadline had not been met, according to CK Hutchison. 5G Core BT has said it is in the…