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DSNS disputing O2 SIM card clawback claims

Data Select Network Solutions disagrees with reasons given by operator for clawbacks as parent company Expansys posts rise in sales and profits, but UK business struggles

Huawei launches latest dual-branded dongle on Three network

Latest device offers download speeds of up to 21.1Mbps and is available on pre-pay and contracts starting at Â£7.87

Phones 4U looks to up share of £200m UK accessories market

Retailer looking for a bigger portion of the accessories space but warns manufacturers must produce broader ranges

Six Degrees achieves security management certification

Managed data services provider says achievement will give customers the confidence their data is safe whilst enabling new working practices

Olive acquires Connection 365’s base – with more to come

Vodafone platinum partner says its the first in a number of planned acquisitions this year, in a deal that takes its base to 45,000 connections

Samsung to release limited edition Galaxy S III for Olympics

Handset to be sold exclusively through Carphone Warehouse from August 1 as manufacturer announces end-to-end solution for guests staying at the Holiday Inn near the Olympic Park

ZTE Grand X now on sale at Phones 4U

Retailer becomes the first in the UK to sell the handset, with all customers buying one having the chance to win tickets to a private gig by Professor Green

Six Degrees makes Cloud hosting buy and raises new funding

Managed data services provider acquires Cloud Computing Centre, and agrees new £8 million funding package with Penta Capital

Daisy to open out of hours call centre

Unified communications provider to provide round-the-clock service after seeing an increase in the number of customers working outside of normal business hours

Google Nexus 7 on sale at Carphone from July 27

First tablet from the Google Nexus portfolio and the first device to run android 4.1 Jelly Bean to be available from Friday

LG handset division records loss of £33m for second quarter

Sales fall by 6.8 percent quarter-on-quarter and 28.6 per cent year-on-year as firm ships 13.1 million units

Mobile veteran Stiley exits after 27 years

Evolve Telecom’s purchase of The Word see’s the Welsh-based dealer’s founder and CEO exit the industry

Premier Telecom named Voda Platinum Partner of the Year

Vodafone held its 2012 partner awards in London, which saw dealers Premier Telecom, Pescado and Advanced Computer Software take away the top prizes

Daisy Wholesale MD leaves in reshuffle of the business

Carl Churchill departs along with former Murphx management team following the completion of a management earn-out

Daisy wins position on Government PSN Services framework

Unified communications provider chosen as one of 14 suppliers to deliver communications services under the agreement

EE to recycle phones to raise funds for children’s campaign

Old mobiles handed into Orange or T-Mobile shops to be recycled, with funds going towards raising £1 million for the ‘Mobile for Meals’ campaign

iPhone to boost Q4 revenues at BuyMobilePhones.net

Online retailer forecasting monthly turnover of Â£10 million, driven by sales of the iPhone across all networks

Evolve Telecom buys Vodafone platinum partner rival The Word

Acquisition increases Evolve’s base to 60,000 customers across nearly 3,000 customers, with The Word continuing to trade under its own branding at present

Five Vodafone dealers promoted to platinum status

CCS Mobile, One Point Comms, Pescado, Unified World and Totility move up to the top tier of operator’s dealer programme

Phones 4u profits down three per cent despite turnover rise

Phones 4u blames 2011 full year profit dip on increasing cost of paying out on insurance claims on more costly smartphones, but says that its retail business is healthy and growing

Carphone launches app to monitor call, text and data usage

Android and Blackberry app Bill Angel will alert customers when they are reaching their monthly limit

Daisy to launch revamped indirect channel

Unified communications provider to host event, detailing its portfolio of products to current and prospective partners

Pure poaches bumper car deal from T-Mobile

Guest Motors deal takes Pure’s number of connections to over 7,000

Hollinshead switches roles in Mainline rejig

Communications director of dealer sales moves to development role

B2B dealer develops app for rugby giants

Saracens supplied with iPads and app to help coaches communicate with players

Brighton bailiffs get Crystal Ball

South Coast city council to equip â€˜civil enforcement officersâ€™ with online GPS tracking app

Micro-P hires accessories business manager after internal restructure

Former Computer 2000 employee Jodie Way appointed in mobile accessories team

Outsourcery lands Â£6.4m to fuel growth ambitions

European financiers invest in cloud services company to help it hit Â£100m revenues by 2015

MoCo and O2 partner to educate dealers

Event at O2’s Slough headquarters will answer questions on unified comms and convergence

New Huawei Honour phone exclusive to dealer market

Data Select and 20:20 Mobile launch Â£250 Android handset from manufacturer this week

A1 Comms looks to repair dented confidence in Go Mobile stores

Firm looks to boost revenues by Â£30m by re-entering the high street

Carphone chairman Dunstone knighted

Birthday honours list recognises Carphone Warehouse founder for services to the mobile phone industry and charity

EE and Nokia Siemens team up to offer ‘smart’ vending

Innovative solutions to vending machine companies include contactless payment and remote management of stock

Phones 4u unveils new £10m advertising campaign

New campaign launches tomorrow night to promote smartphone upgrades with the retailer

Carphone Warehouse posts 5.5pc drop in revenues

Overall profits rise, but sales revenues effected by lack of value pre-pay smartphones

Free O2 Wi-Fi to be installed in UK Debenhams stores

Chain’s 167 stores will be fitted out with free Wi-Fi so smartphone users can use the company’s app to help their shopping experience

Alternative Networks announces 33pc profit increase

B2B provider’s half-yearly financial results show slight drop in turnover but rise in profits and mobile subscriber base

Six Degrees Group adds to management team

Acquisitive managed data services provider creates new group business operations director role for industry veteran Mike Ing

Daisy Group launches new Cloud product

Unified business communications provider CloudSelect to run off its own via its own network and UK data centres

Wireless Logic eyes one million M2M SIM sales by end of 2012

Machine-to-machine provider on course to increase number of M2M-connected contracts it sells in the UK and Europe by 41 per cent year-on-year

Excalibur strengthens team with new arrivals

Five staff recruited as Vodafone platinum partner looks to appoint a sales director and further four sales people in the coming weeks

Student gang get 62 years for violent phone store robberies

‘Well-off’ university students who stole Â£175k of cash and handsets from 19 retail stores jailed

A1 Comms to more than double turnover after Go Mobile buy

B2B dealer projecting sales of £120 million this year following its purchase of Shebang’s Go Mobile Purple Partnership franchise programme

HSC rebrands as Carphone Warehouse Business

Distributor rebrands today, giving it access to a host of services provided by the high street retailer

Carphone selling Lumia 710 for under £100

Second handset in the Lumia range goes on sale at the retailer for one week only

Galaxy S III is biggest selling handset of 2012 at Phones 4U

Latest high-end Galaxy handset from Samsung becomes retailer’s best selling of the year, based on pre-orders and first day sales

O2 and Jasper Wireless sign M2M platform deal

Operator joins up with M2M service provider for the use of a Cloud-based management platform to give users total visibility of SIM cards connected to the network

BrightPoint freezes Go Mobile accounts

Shebang’s Go Mobile franchises claim distributor has cut off credit line, leaving them without access to new stock