Vodafone added 37,000 new consumer contract customers in Q3 of its latest financial year. However, this growth was offset by business contract disconnections and the reclassification of part of the mobile customer base to the IoT segment. As a result, the total contract customer base saw a net increase of just 1,000 in Q3. Fixed

Xiaomi’s third quarter profit up 182.9 per cent hit a two-year peak.  Eurpoean smartphone market share now 23.3 per cent.

Virgin Media O2’s mobile contract base put on 50,000 new users in the third quarter of the year to a total of 16.1 million with monthly consumer contract churn remaining low at one per cent. 

Nokia is to slash up to 14,000 jobs by 2026 to reduce cost base by up to €1.2bn million and increase operational efficiency

BT Mobile was the most complained-about mobile operator between April and June, according to Ofcom.

Selling prices hold up in Q3 due to higher cost of 5G devices

There was a 28 per cent year-on-year increase in money returned to customers

Three Business continued to develop in this quarter with the launch of Business Broadband and promotion of Adapt product

There are now one million customers on converged ‘Volt’ bundles less than a year since it launched

This decline is likely to continue for the next six to nine months

The smartphone brand has seen global growth during last quarter

The recently merged company launched its Volt product last month 

Xiaomi and Apple increase market share during Q3 2021 to pressure Samsung 

Group reaches 10mn unlimited data mobile users across 10 markets

Complaints see quarterly rise due to increased call centre capacity

Overall shipments up on last year, signalling bounce back

Mobile division sales grew 16.5 per cent from the second quarter

Smartphone sales rise sharply following flagship launches

Revenue takes a hit due to Covid-induced roaming declines and ‘handset release phasing’

Proportion of Chinese, Indian and Egyptian IP addresses in attacks increases

Vodafone is best for Voice App Experience, while EE wins inaugural Games Experience gong

The vendor also confirmed 160 commercial 5G engagements

Xiaomi shipped 32 million smartphones in the third quarter of this year

Firms’ results contradict those of other leading analyst firms

Samsung takes top spot as Xiaomi sees largest growth

5G and O2 Business launches signal significant quarter for MNO

Sales down quarterly and yearly, although operating loss narrows

This is the first time the iPhone did not represent the majority of sales

Revenues from the UK arm shrunk 5.2 per cent finishing on €1.7 billion (£1.4Bn)

The operator reported 32.3 million customers, over two thirds are contract customers

The Q2 Plus will cost £45 on PAYG but the Q3 Plus has yet to be confirmed with a price

Operating profit down to £62 million, down 16 per cent year-on-year

143,000 customers were added in the quarter, 93,000 on contract and 50,000 prepaid

Total Apple revenue came in at $45.4 billion, down 14 per cent on the quarter but up seven per cent on the year

Overall revenues in the UK also fell annually from £1.7 billion to £1.4 billion in the quarter

It accounted 14 per cent of all smartphone shipments in the region compared to Apple’s 15 per cent, with Canalys claiming it is now ready to wrestle away second position from its rival

The operator also claimed that its customer net additions for Q3 rose by 3.3 per cent to 232,000

This was a decline from 5.6 million units in the same quarter a year ago

Operator added more than 200,000 customers in three month period, with mobile service revenue increasing for the 12th quarter in succession

Ombudsman Services received over 15,000 complaints in the first nine months of this year, up five per cent from the same period in 2014

CEO Tim Cook rejects reports Apple Watch sales have plummeted since April launch

The last 12 months have seen some tectonic shifts not least with the disappearance of Phones 4u and Nokia (in handsets) from the mobile landscape and the formation of the new retail superpower we now know as Dixons Carphone. If you were on a long holiday, this is how Q3 panned out

Defiant CEO says partnership with Microsoft also in good shape ahead of Windows Phone 8 launch