Six consecutive quarterly profit losses; £3bn sale to Fairfax Financial Holdings agreed; BlackBerry to exit the consumer space and focus on the B2B market

After a gap of six years, Mobile News revisits Olive Communications at its plush new HQ and finds it in rude health, as one of the UK’s fastest-growing indirect dealer partners. Michael Garwood reports

O2 to begin roll-out of its 4G network from August 29. Mobile News has the latest updates and reaction from the channel

Manufacturer says that despite another set of disappointing financial results, it has plans that can restore the company to profitability

€¢ New 41-megapixel Lumia 1020 opens ‘new chapter’ in smartphone photography – Nokia president and CEO   €¢ Camera quality may struggle to capture the imaginations of consumers, analysts argue

Manufacturer’s share price plummets by 28 per cent as president and CEO Heins reveals Q1 financials

Manufacturer claims new Ascend P6 smartphone can compete against the market’s elite

Group CEO Riley admits it may dip into untouched £200 million banking facility in the right circumstances

Politicians are calling for voice and data connectivity on the London Underground to support business and bring it in line with networks in other cities but operators are not keen, as Samantha Tomaszczyk reports

Year-on-year profits down by 91.5 per cent in Q1, but Q2 expected to show improvements

Uptake of NFC mobile payments in the UK is being hampered by deadlock between retailers, operators and finance firms over rolling out the necessary technology and processing payments, as Chris Donkin reports

Second quarter results show revenues rose but profits fell for the quarter as firm cut iPhone, iPad prices

Three, the UK’s first 3G network, celebrates a decade in the mobile market this year. Samantha Tomaszczyk takes a look back at the operator’s metamorphosis from struggling fledgling to Ofcom exemplar in full flight

Celebrity guests including rapper Jay-Z first to see device that can react to its owner’s eyes

Sony has set itself the goal of being the world’s third biggest smartphone manufacturer by the end of 2013. Its president of North Western Europe, Pierre Perron, tells Paul Withers how cracking the UK market is key

Manufacturer explored option of switching to a rival operating system, describing the decision to build its own as ‘difficult’, but says move has ‘reinvented’ the company

Sweetlove thinks a price war as a result of increased competition in the handset space will be the main transaction catalyst, with the pricing of 4G by the networks proving to be a real point of interest

Networks and partners who find new revenue streams will differentiate themselves in the market, according to Phipps, as BlackBerry 10 will see the manufacturer take market share off Android and iOS in the B2B market

UK CEO claims firm’s portfolio and loyalty services will help it ‘stand out’ on the high street

Operator to extend Priority Moments to all local independent retailers, whether O2 customers or not

In all the hullabaloo surrounding Ofcom’s 4G spectrum auction, the benefits of ‘superfast’ broadband have tended to be drowned out. Chris Donkin investigates what the new services will actually be like

A1 Comms and BuyMobilePhones.net MD Paul Sisson is back on the high street after a six-year absence, having bought the Go Mobile retail estate from Shebang in July. He tells Paul Withers about his plans

Near field communications (NFC) technology enabling mobile phone users to make contactless payments has not caught on in the UK in quite the way many were hoping. Chris Donkin investigates why this is

With rumours rife that Apple is about to announce the latest version of its iconic high-end smartphone, Chris Donkin asks industry experts what it might be like