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Avenir offers dealers £120 cash advance on EE connections

Airtime distributor says the offer will help them win and retain customers on the network

PMGC secures £2.5 million funding from Santander

Vodafone dealer says cash will be used to push ahead with its ‘Weighless’ business strategy

Frequency wins exclusive Catalyst Lifestyle supply deal

Company to exclusively provide retailers in the UK and Eastern Europe with durable cases for a range of iPhone models

Maintel appoints new mobile division Leader

New sales manager joins to drive sales of its mobile and unified communications portfolio

HTC One Mini 2 goes on sale in the UK

Compact version in the manufacturer’s smartphone range now available from Phones 4u, EE and O2, with Carphone and Three to follow in the coming days

Daisy launches Oktober Bierfest incentive for partners

Eight dealers that purchase the most Nokia Lumia smartphones in the three-month period will win a trip to the event in London

Azzurri appoints Chris Jagusz as CEO

Jagusz joining from SSE Telecoms later this year with Azzurri chairman Steve Andrews continuing as interim chief executive officer until then

Andrew Peat set to join Carphone Warehouse

Former Brightstar 20:20 and Dixons man set to be named new category manager ahead of Â£3.8 billion merger deal

Data Select shifts office to Globe Park in Marlow

All 80 office-based employees moving to renovated premises, which also houses Peter Jones-owned companies eXpansys and Jessops

Nokia Lumia 630 gets May 29 release date in the UK

Low-end device to be priced below Â£100, making it the cheapest Lumia smartphone to date

Daisy sees 129pc increase in Vodafone connection targets

Surge comes as a result of a dealer incentive in partnership with the operator and Nokia, which saw nine dealers will a three-night stay at the Valderama Golf Club in Spain last week

Chess board set to buy Avenir’s 30,000 B2B connection base?

IT and fixed line specialist said to be holding exclusive discussions with O2 and EE distributor

Olive and Vodafone form exclusive B2B partnership

Vodafone platinum partner gains full access to the operator’s portfolio of products and services and will work with it to design and build ‘complex multi-product’ solutions

Phones 4u CEO Kassler ‘disappointed’ by Dixons Carphone deal

Retailer’s CEO claims Phones 4u concessions in Currys and PC World stores only contributed less than 10 per cent of its overall turnover and so the impact “will not be significant to our business”

Carphone Warehouse and Dixons complete £3.8bn merger deal

New JV firm will be called ‘Dixons Carphone’ – and will produce company savings of £80 million a year by 2017

Phones 4u and O2 selling Moto E at discounted rate

Handset that was launched yesterday already being sold at a discounted price by two retailers

Exertis Micro-P looks to wearables boom

Distributor will offer full range of Samsung wearables and will offer training to its partners on the market opportunity

Archos releases touchscreen Android netbook

ArcBook first to market with Android touchscreen netbook which comes pre-installed with Office suite Pro 6

EE aims to ramp up presence in Scotland with franchises

Six of the operator’s 35 shops in the country targeted to transfer to a franchise model, while other locations pinpointed where it could use franchisees to expand its presence

Gusto targets tenfold turnover rise to £30m by end of 2015

Growth plans follow move to new 20,000 square foot premises and blueprint to recruit a further 25 staff this year

Data Select strengthens its retail sales army

Two appointments made, including that of former Nokia senior national account manager Rob Hunt

Think Telecom targets cross-selling opportunities

New offices and staff members being added to support growth at the firm

Exertis Micro-P tees off with Samsung Celtic Cup incentive

Top 29 resellers selling the most Samsung devices and accessories will compete in the day-long tournament at the Celtic Manor Resort in South Wales on July 9

Carphone Warehouse and Dixons £3.7bn merger set to go ahead

Companies set to confirm merger that will create one of the UK’s biggest retailers

Ingram Micro Mobility offers hardware financing services to B2B channel

Ingram Micro aiming to help ease financial burden on its dealer partners when buying new hardware

Peter Boucher joins Vodafone Platinum Partner Excalibur

Former Vodafone commercial director to head up firms marketing strategy

Tesco reveals plans to launch own-brand smartphone this year

Handset to have specs comparable with the Samsung Galaxy S5 and will run the Android OS

New Phones 4u marketing chief looks to converged strategy

Former Sony Ericsson marketing boss joins retailer and looks to build on store network

Exertis Micro-P appoints ex-BlackBerry executive

Nick Rumsby charged with helping the growth of Samsung sales to the channel at distributor

Olive refreshes brand as part of ‘simpler’ offering to customers

Firm drops communications from logo and refreshes brand as part of continued growth strategy

Midland rebrands as ‘Mdee’ following radical restructure

Firm to attack IT and fixed line markets and aims to double reseller partners in 12 months

Elite Telecom adds 13,000 connections with Qualitel buy

Purchase is Elite’s 10th since 2008 and adds 600 customers spread across mainly Vodafone and O2

Mobile Fun launches mobile site after online traffic surge

Online accessories retailer builds easy-to-use mobile website after visits rise from 4.6 million to 6.5 million in the past year-and-a-half

Andrew Morley exits Motorola after seven years

Motorola UK and Ireland VP general manager pursuing “other opportunities” in the mobile industry

Galaxy S5 breaks sales records at Carphone and Phones 4u

Carphone says numbers up 150 per cent compared to the Galaxy S4’s opening weekend last year, while Phones 4u reports first day sales doubled

BlackBerry exodus drives Azzurri MDM launch

New service will manage devices remotely for clients and take onus off in-house IT departments

Exertis Micro-P signs airtime agreement with O2

The deal means all the major UK mobile networks are now available through the distributor’s partner platform Conect

Azzurri launches mobile device management service

‘ICON Mobilise’ can handle up to 10,000 devices running a variety of operating systems

Exertis Micro-P unveils new business structure

Two divisions – ‘volume’ and ‘value added distributor’ – have been created in response to sales becoming “more technical”

Welcomm Comms on acquisition trail

O2 Centre of Excellence partner targeting mobile and fixed line businesses, with one close to completion

Nine Samsung stores open in time for Galaxy S5 release

The shops will sell Samsung’s full range of mobiles, tablets, laptops and wearables, including the recently unveiled Samsung Galaxy S5, Gear 2, Gear 2 Neo and Fit

Olive investing £100,000 on staff training

Firm hires new HR manager and begins biggest staff training programme in its 11-year history

Vodafone goes exclusive with Brightstar 20:20 for accessories

Distributor to manage all Vodafone accessories in UK stores and online, with deal possibly going global in the near future

OneCom doubles size of HQ to 12,000 sq ft with new office opening

Vodafone Platinum Partner takes over the offices next to its existing base in Whiteley to house senior management and 70 customer service staff

Midland appoints Tanny Jeffrey to bolster leadership team

Jeffrey brought in to help attract new customers and boost revenues at EE airtime distributor

Mozilla CEO steps down amid gay marriage controversy

Brendan Eich lasts just two weeks in job after it emerged he donated to Californian anti-gay marriage campaign

Brightstar 20:20 officially unveiled to the telecom market

200 guests attend launch party held at London’s Savoy Hotel. MD reveals late bids for 2020 attempted to scupper 2020 deal

Azzurri Comms sales director to exit the business

Craig Wellman joins list of recent departures from B2B dealer