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Free European flights available with Alcatel POP 4 purchases

Destinations include Berlin, Barcelona, Paris, Brussels, Stockholm, Amsterdam, Rome and London

Vodafone adds inclusive roaming to pre-paid Big Value bundles

Throughout July and August, customers will receive 100 minutes, texts and 500MB of data while roaming in over 40 countries

Glastonbury is “best connected festival” in world, EE claims

Festival-goers used 25TB of 4G data whilst visiting Worthy Farm, up 130pc year-on-year

EE scraps charges to and from Turkey to support those affected by bombings

The attack in Istanbul Ataturk Airport has claimed the lives of 41 people

Telefonica to axe O2 sale plans following EU referendum result

Reports claim the Spanish operator has ditched plans to offload its UK arm after UK voted to leave the European Union

Vodafone and Three waiving charges to and from Turkey following terrorist attack

The attack in Istanbul Ataturk Airport has claimed the lives of 41 people

Vodafone Group HQ could leave UK due to Brexit vote, but Newbury office is safe

The news follows Vodafone CEO Vittorio Colao admitted vote to leave EU would make things “more difficult” for the operator

Seb James: Brexit is bad but could create opportunities for Dixons Carphone

Dixons Carphone CEO supported Remain campaign but said EU Referendum result could help retailer consolidate its position as market leader

Mobile boost sees Dixons Carphone UK revenue grows 1pc to £6.3bn

Profits before tax grew 20pc to £365 million as Group revenue grows 3pc to £9.7bn for financial year up to April 30

Mainline and Daisy set to acquire Exertis airtime base

Exertis has agreed to sell its airtime business to rivals Mainline and Daisy. Exertis entered the airtime space three years ago, amassing a base of around 22,000 connections across Vodafone, O2 and EE. At its peak, it was connecting 1,500 SIMs a month on average. It confirmed last month it planned to exit the market

Reaction: Can Huawei really overtake Apple and Samsung?

Industry analysts respond to Hauwei’s ambitions to rule the smartphone world

Huawei targets global smartphone dominance within five years

Chinese manufacturer targets number one spot by 2021 and will overtake Sony in the UK by next year

Wileyfox Sparks new life into smartphone market with “killer priced” range

New trio of Spark devices go on sale from next month. British manufacturer is targeting two million sales by next year, up from 250,000 in its first

Ex-Nokia employees launch tracking device for kids

Haltian have developed Snowfox Trackerphone, which gives two way audio to a smartphone and GPS tracking

New offices and growth goals for Bluechipworld

Accessories manufacturer moved into new Cannock base with 30,000Sqft warehouse last month

Compare52 recruits Lindsay Hill as executive chairman

Former Citation CEO Hill also takes an undisclosed share Manchester-based airtime firm

‘Brexit’ to cause UK IT spending drop from £75bn to £68bn

This is according to the latest forecast from Canalys

O2 wins Customer Focus Award at HSBC Franchisor of the Year ceremony

The operator was recognised for its level of customer service

Xperia XA now available from operators and retailers

The handset was launched in February at Mobile World Congress in February

Vodafone investing £15m to improve its customer service

Operator adds 600 new customer service advisors and 72,000 extra hours of training

‘Rose Gold’ Sony Xperia XA now exclusively available at Carphone

Sony’s latest flagship was first unveiled at Mobile World Congress in February

Mixed reaction from industry as UK votes to leave EU

51.9 per cent of the UK voted in favour of leaving the European Union

HTC confirms Peter Chou exited company in September

Chou resigned as HTC CEO in September last year, with Cher Wang taking over the role

Huawei invests £10m to boost brand awareness in UK with P9

The figure was revealed to Mobile News by UK and Ireland managing director James Jie

BlackBerry CEO gives one year deadline for handset profitability

Speaking at Canadian manufacturer’s Annual General Meeting, Chen said handsets alone would not be enough to secure BlackBerry’s future

Tesco Mobile launches “biggest ever” ad campaign to promote EU roaming

‘Smile, you’re on Tesco Mobile’ campaign will air on TV from today (June 23) and market MVNO’s roaming bundle that launched last month

BT to launch UK’s ‘most powerful’ WiFi router this summer

The broadband provider claims the device will offer faster speeds than products from its rivals

Telefonica “considering” stock market float for O2

UK operator confirms its Spanish parent company is looking at plans to offload shares in its UK arm with an IPO

Fonehouse to launch IQ Business B2B MVNO

IQ Business will go live next month and enable users to roam across multiple mobile networks

O2 to offer school pupils industry insight for National Women in Engineering Day

The students will also be given career advice related to the telecoms industry

Excalibur bags gong for Responsible Business practices

Vodafone Platinum Partner recognised by Business in the Community for “integrating sustainability issues” into its Swindon-based dealership

Vodafone partners with Veterans charity to support armed forces

Operator has taken on three veterans for six month work experience stints as they transition to civilian life

GCI acquires Outsourcery for undisclosed sum

Purchase of asset base by managed IT services provider saves 100 jobs

O2 backs London Mayor’s calls to improve capital’s digital economy

Business director Ben Dowd praised Sadiq Khan’s pledge to end London “Notspots” but said UK needs to do more to improve digital infrastructure

EE names Peter Jeavons as new brand director

He will replace Spencer McHugh in the latest shake-up to the operator’s management team

Exertis strikes distribution deal with StorageCraft

The Basingstoke-based distributor will offer StorageCraft’s full range of backup and recovery products

Honor unveils “state of the art” 5C smartphone

The device is available from today (June 20) priced at £149.99

EE to provide 4G WiFi in hedges at Glastonbury Festival

Mobile operator also tripling capacity of its 4G network to cater for high demand for data at this weekend’s event

Nokia’s back from the dead, but for how long?

Former Nokia executives join forces to resurrect iconic brand in £240 million agreement

Vertu CEO Watson welcomes Solarin to the “luxury” market

Israeli firm’s new £9,500 handset is to provide Vertu with true competition for the first time

Vodafone Smart platinum 7 now available to purchase

The flagship smartphone comes bundled with a free virtual reality headset

Alcatel and Barclaycard team up for contactless payments on POP 4

Free sticker attaches to first 20,000 of the smartphone at Carphone Warehouse and links to a digital wallet in the phone

Dixons Carphone to open new flagship store on Oxford Street

Three-in-one outlet will offer products from Carphone Warehouse, Currys and PC World

Alcatel-parent TCL sees May shipments jump 11pc to 6.1m

Group saw overseas sales grow 24pc to 5.8m while overall shipments for first five months of 2016 were up three per cent to almost 28 million

O2 offering £120 off Samsung Galaxy S7 edge

The promotion is running until July 29 and also applies to the Samsung Galaxy S7

Doro backs Nokia’s faith in feature phones

UK and Ireland boss Chris Millington insists the market is not exclusively all about smartphones

Samsung ramps up investment in B2B channel

Manufacturer spending “millions” to boost operator and dealer relationships after admitting it “could do better”

Bullitt Group to fire up sales with Our Perspective appointment

Rugged phone-maker will work with former Data Select pair Kemp and Taylor’s new branding firm to drive sales of CAT and JCB phones in UK