Posted on November 3, 2011Tags: Apple, Carphone Warehouse, Clive Bayley, Fonehouse, Orange, Phones 4U, T-Mobile, Three, Vodafone
Paul Withers spoke to Fonehouse's managing director at its recent partner conference to discuss the retailer's recent growth and its strategy moving forward
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Posted on October 10, 2011Tags: Carphone Warehouse, Everything Everywhere, O2, Phones 4U, Virgin Media
Most major mobile retailers were present at the opening of Westfield Stratford. Mystery Shopper was after a top-end smartphone with high-quality screen to watch films on. How would the new stores cope with our request?
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Posted on June 20, 2011Tags: Apple.iPhone, Argos, Asda, BlackBerry Curve 8520, Carphone Warehouse, Chitter Chatter, Easy Link, Guls Comms, HTC Desire, O2, Orange, Phones 4U, Three, Vodafone
With stringent rules on handset bulk-buying in place, operators and retailers claim box breaking has all but been removed from their stores. Mobile News tests their staff to see how well these rules are upheld
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Posted on May 19, 2011Tags: Charlo Carabott, iPhone, Mazuma, Nokia
Mazuma Mobile customers are £100 million better off, and counting, as handset recycling moves into a new era. Michael Garwood investigates how smartphones raised the bar for the entire used-handset market
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Posted on April 28, 2011Tags: Expansys, Gadget Show Live, HTC, Jason Bradbury, Motorola, online shopping, Tablets
As a global online technology company, UK e-tailer Expansys is at the forefront of consumers’ increasing desire to shop on the net. Expansys tells Michael House how it plans to build on a good position
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Posted on April 27, 2011Tags: Asda, Go Mobile, Iain Humphrey, Purple Partnership, Samsung, Shebang
After a roller-coaster ride, Shebang's growth has soared 139 per cent in three years. Boss Iain Humphrey tells Paul Withers the story behind the journey to seventh ranking in the Tech Track 100
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Posted on January 18, 2011Tags: 20:20 Mobile, Activ Telecom, Alternative Networks, AMC, Amirul Choudhry, Andrew Boden, Andrew Dawson, Android, Andy Tow, ANOVO, Anthony Catterson, Anurag Gupta, Apple, Avenir, Azzurri, Barry Moore, Ben Wood, BlackBerry, Bluechipworld, bob sweetlove, Brightpoint, Brightstar, BT, BuyMobilePhones.net, Carphone Warehouse, CCS, Chris Earle, Chris Jones, Chris Stanton, Christian Nellemann, Chytelk, Clive Bayley, Comm Sense, Craig Wellman, Crispin Thomas, Crystal Ball, Daisy, Damian Cole, Dave McGinn, David Hilton, Desi Mobo, EBS, Elite Mobile, Everything Everywhere, Excalibur, Expansys, Focus 4U, Fonehouse, Frank Masson, Frequency, Gareth Limpenny, Geraldine Wilson, Gerry, Get Connected, GK Telecom, Google, Gurminder Dulku, Guy Laurence, Hartwood, HSC, HTC, Huawei, Ian Gillespie, Ian Robinson, Ian Watson, iPhone, James Browning, James Murray, James Phipps, Jason Yeomans, Jim Michel, John Doughty, Jon French, Jonathan Brasnett, Jonathan Kini, Keane Beaken, Ketan Gokani, Kevin McHugh, Kondor, lg, Lycamobile, Mainline, Marcelo Claure, Marcus Richardson, Mark Burland, Matt Sandford, Matt Stringer, Michael Richardson, Micro-P, Mike Hallam, Mike Ridgwat, Milind Kangle, Mobix, MoCo, Motorola, Nigel Field, O2, OneStream, Orange, Outsourcery, Pama, Paul Leonard, Paul Sisson, Peter Kelly, Phil Rider, Philip Johnston, Phones 4U, Piers Linney, Premier Mobile, Pure Mobile, Purecom, Qualitel, Raj Singh, Richard Harris, RIM, Rob Haycock, Rod Millar, Russell Braterman, S3i, Sacha Visram, Samsung, Simon Hassell, Simon Stanford, sony ericsson, Sprint Comms, Stephen Bates, Stephen Maxwell, Sunrise, T-Mobile, Three, Tim Sefton, Tim Whiting, Timico, TMTI, Tom Alexander, Tom Satchwell, Trefor Davies, Unicom, URL, Virgin Media, Vodafone, Voice Mobile, Welcomm, Wish Communications, Wu Sa, XLN, ZTE
Mobile News polled 73 industry leaders for their views on the year ahead. The result is a sector fighting to renew itself, putting its entire focus on smartphones and data to arrest a decline in traditional revenues
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Posted on January 18, 2011Tags: 20:20 Mobile, bob sweetlove, Brightstar, Carphone Warehouse, Data Select, George Dymond, Graham Stapleton, HSC, John Durkan, Mark Mitchinson, Nokia, Samsung, Steve Fraser, Stuart Henry
Mark Mitchinson has returned to UK mobile in a trading role at Carphoner. James Blackman and Michael Garwood gauge the industry’s puzzlement at his route back, and what precisely Carphone is plotting next
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Posted on January 17, 2011Tags: Amirul Choudhry, Chytel
Amirul Choudhry, managing director of T-Mobile stalwart Chytel, suggests experience will tell in the dealer channel in 2011
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Posted on January 17, 2011Tags: Phones 4U, Russell Braterman
Phones 4U marketing director Russell Braterman reckons innovation will be driven by tablets and 3D handsets but that 24 month contracts will hurt volumes and impact new technologies coming through
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