Vodafone is to sponsor UK Armed Forces Rugby Union (UKAF). The UKAF Rugby Union is a combined team of the best players and support staff from the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force.

$10 million in grants offered to anyone who can crack Lockdown Mode

Huawei pledged the money in December to allay fears raised in a British government report last year

Alcatel has planned for the worst case scenario as Brexit looms

The Taiwanese vendor is aiming to build momentum with its new flagship smartphone

Analysts claim launch of P9 smartphone could help close the gap on Apple and Samsung

Industry is helping to improve people’s lives, driving the economy and creating jobs

Retailer’s stores and website platform set for major overhaul

Pierce tells us how how he went from selling socks on a market stall in Dublin to heading up the manufacturer’s business in the UK and Ireland

Manufacturer ends 30-year history on a low as profits and sales plummet in the fourth quarter; ‘New chapter begins with focus on NSN division and HERE mapping operation

Google sells Motorola for £1.8 million – £6 million less than it paid for it in 2012

Seven B2B dealers give their thoughts on what might happen this year, including the growth of cloud-based solutions, how Microsoft’s acquisition of Nokia will pan out, the greater emphasis placed on Microsoft Office 365 and the acceleration of 4G

Carphone Warehouse Business head of B2B Bob Sweetlove, Daisy Distribution MD Dave McGinn and Mainline Digital Communications MD Andrew Boden look ahead to the next 12 months

Brightstar CEO Marcelo Claure, DCC SerCom UK MD Gerry O’Keeffe, Tech Data Mobile UK MD Stephen Nolan, Elite Mobile MD Ketan Gokani and Frequency Telecom MD Gareth Limpenny give their thoughts on how the next 12 months might pan out

Phones 4U COO says consumers will consider more what a handset does rather than its design, eXpansys CEO Anthony Catterson is expecting a year of mergers and consolidation and Mobile Fun MD Mohammed Hussain sees wearable technology making big inroads

Samsung UK and Ireland VP of IT and Mobile Simon Stanford, Nokia UK general manager Conor Pieerce, BlackBerry UK and Ireland MD Alexandra Zagury, Motorola VP and general manager Andrew Morley and MOJO Maker sales and marketing director Caroline Preston provide their thoughts on the year ahead

EE CEO Olaf Swantee says it will be the year of wearable technology, O2 business director Ben Dowd sees the future of IT being ‘BYOE’, Vodafone CEO Jeroen Hoencamp forecasts growth in mobile payments and Three CEO Dave Dyson thinks data will be important as 4G grows

Founder and CEO grasps distributor more than a year after revealing he was in talks

We’ve read the claims and seen the advertisements. So how do real-life 4G speeds match up to the reality of getting a useful connection?

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

Operator’s latest results show churn hit ‘record low’ and contract adds rose by 16pc in Q2

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

Reporter Samantha Tomaszczyk heads to the ‘homeland’ of contactless near field communication (NFC) payments, the Slovakian capital of Bratislava, to check out the technology

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

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

O2 results reveal highest number of customer additions during Q1 for four years

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

After establishing itself as a major fixed-line player, Gamma Telecom is looking to make its name in mobile. The firm’s head of mobile, Rob Davis, tells Michael Garwood how it plans to go about it

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

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

Manufacturer makes first quarterly profit for 18 months as Windows Phone market share trebles in the UK year on year

Lee says 4G will revolutionise the B2B market place this year, with Windows 8 tablets proving to be game changers

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

Text messaging has celebrated its 20th birthday, but a new wave of data-centric services for smartphones is threatening its existence 

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

Nokia World device launch impresses some analysts but firm’s share price still tumbles

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

Original device manufacturer MOJO Maker has joined up with Micro-P to ensure its handsets and accessories dominate the youth market. The firm’s founder, Caroline Preston, tells Paul Withers about its future plans

Everything Everywhere’s rivals have expressed shock at the ruling that will see the operator launch 4G services in the UK this year, but Ofcom insists it will benefit consumers

With the release of Microsoft’s new desktop and mobile platforms imminent, Jasper Jackson asks industry experts how the software giant’s OS has fared so far and where they see it going from here

After the operator’s eight million UK customers were hit by a network blackout this month, Jasper Jackson asks industry figures whether its name has been permanently tarnished

The rival operators are to form a partnership to create a ‘bigger, better’ network in a bid to meet data demand, save money and protect the environment. Michael Garwood finds out about the proposed JV from the companies’ CEOs

Shebang chief Iain Humphrey admits it’s been a tough 18 months for the company – with mistakes and the economy resulting in cost cuts and redundancies. Nevertheless he remains upbeat, as he tells Paul Withers

Grey trading may be a controversial subject in the mainstream mobile industry, but it is helping wholesale B2B marketplace gsmExchange and its 60,000 members to flourish. Jasper Jackson talks to the company to find out how it started, who its members are and how it operates

TMTI revolutionised customer services with its telephone helpline ‘human manuals’, and the firm is now looking to the future with app-based solutions for smartphones and tablets. Jasper Jackson finds out more

Takeover talks, management buyouts and contract terminations – just some of the headlines Data Select was linked to in 2011. Michael Garwood visits the distributor’s Slough offices to find out the inside story

Following the break-up of its partnership with Ericsson, Sony is to become a standalone mobile vendor. Michael House asks leading industry figures how they rate its chances

Redeem, a pioneer of mobile recycling, is seeing turnover approach £20 million. The company’s new owners, Curt Hopkins and Pete Petrondas, talk to Michael House about its recent fortunes, its projects and their plans for expansion

Nasir Khan had a successful accessories business, a jet-set lifestyle and reputation as a pillar of the community. But all that vanished in December when he was jailed for his part in a £250m VAT fraud. Jasper Jackson discovers how a 10-year investigation by HMRC led to his downfall