JCB Phone, the official licensee for manufacturing rugged phones under the JCB brand, has appointed ex-Doro UK general manager Chris Millington (main pic) as global sales sirector . Millington has held senior leadership and management roles at companies including Oregon Scientific, Sony, and Kenwood . He was Managing Director at Doro between 2005 and 2017,

Mobile channel veteran and entrepreneur Bav Majithia has joined international recommerce specialists Zone Global as a non-executive director. Majithia is the co-owner and COO  of vehicle customisation and wrapping company Yiannimize and co-founded Genuine Solutions Group in 2005. His new role at Zone Global is part of the company’s global expansion strategy to scale its

Exertis has appointed Paul Jacobs as its new Trading Director as part of a management reorganisation designed to “sharpen the distributor’s focus on key markets” including AV, Components, IT Solutions, Mobile, Print, and consumer channels. Previously, Jacobs was Trading Director for Devices. He assumes responsibility for commercial, purchasing, and business development functions. Jacobs joined Exertis

Vodafone’s former Regional CEO of Africa, Middle East, and Asia Pacific, Vivek Badrinath, will become GSMA director general and  GSMA Board member in April. This follows the announcement in June 2024 that current director general, Mats Granryd, will step down after MWC Barcelona. From March, he will take on a new role as special advisor

Tesco Mobile Chief Customer Officer Rachel Swift has joined Virgin Media O2 as Brand and Advertising Director to lead brand strategy, loyalty, sponsorship and partnerships, and advertising, Her appointment marks a return to O2 where she was brand and creative Director for two years.. She has also held similar positions at John Lewis and Marks

GSMA director general  Mats Granryd, Director General will depart the role after MWC Barcelona 2025 following nine years in the post, and having twice agreed a contract extension. A successor will be chosen in due course. Granryd has declined further extensions. He will remain as the DG until the end of March 2025 and then

Sustainable telecoms equipment and solutions provider TXO has appointed ex-BT executive Kevin Taylor MBE as Chairman. 

HighNet head of mobile services Tony Miller has joined Giacom as mobile account director for Scotland and Northern Ireland. Scottish-based HighNet is now part of Focus Group. Giacom is the new unified comms group formed last month by combining Digital Wholesale Solutions (DWS) and Union Street which supply comms, cloud, hardware and billing services Miller

Ericsson shareholders have failed in their bid to sue Ericsson’s CEO and board members over the scandal of its payment of bribes to ISIS terrorists in 2019 which caused its stock to drop by a third. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York has dismissed the securities litigation brought by certain

Ex-Phones marketing chief Scott Hooton has joined online electricals retailer AO Mobile Director as Mobile Director including Mobile Phones Direct. He has been working in the background as an advisor to AO since it acquired Mobile Phones Direct in 2019. He takes over from group services director Paul Dawson who has has been leading mobile

The teams across both Exertis’ offices will report to Sutherland

Weston takes up new challenge is SaaS sector

Other recent Eseye appointment include Brian Casto as Senior VP of global professional services, Michael Cihra as senior VP, alliances and partners, and Larry Socher as VP of strategy and solutions

Reunites with Telefonica colleague Stephen Shurrock

Guy has created an array of products such as Hive thermostat, security cameras, home diagnostics and Curve tracker 

Bizon previously worked in senior positions at 20th Century Fox and was a go-to-market and channel management director at Three UK.

Bhatti will report to Liz Greenwood and oversee a team of three

Dannan has also previously worked for T-Mobile and EE

O’Neill will be based at Exertis’ national distribution centre in Burnley

Williams has previously spent four years in B2B roles at Exertis

Smethurst takes on the newly created role after 17 years at Gamma

Industry veteran Whitehead brings over 20-years of mobile industry experience

He has previously held senior direct roles at Nike, Camper and Superdry

The appointments symbolise the next stage of strategic growth, says DWS

Jon Davies joins the company after six years at Vodafone

Frankenberger joins Xiaomi, with the vendor eyeing up a top three place in the UK

Swantee has held senior roles at a number of different telco’s 

Cotton started his new role at Plan earlier this month

O’Connor previously led the marketing team in Ireland and has delivered multiple award-winning strategies and campaigns

John Walkley to head insurance and remarketed device push

Datta has spent 15 years across various senior leadership roles prior to his new job

The duo will be based at the dealer’s London HQ

Sarah Walker is a BT lifer with nearly 23 years at the telco

Gary Lomas joins from IT provider Logicalis

Marsden has began her new role with immediate effect 

Lake spent 25 years at BT prior to his new role

Sharon Hegarty brings 20+ years of experience across industries

Kasam Hussain joined the company in 2016 as a graduate

Emma Blackburn brings 10 years of experience at BT to bear on new role

Eagle replaces Mark Kahr who became Exertis Group procurement director in June

Distributor has made four appointments in past week

Onecom secured £100m in funding from a private equity firm

Raymond Kay has 40+ years experience in comms business

Industry veteran Brogan says the focus will be be on partnering with local companies

Wills joined from rival distributor Westcoast over a year ago

Korean manufacturer will be competing with Chinese vendors to bring the first 5G device to market

The patent has been fought over before and was at the centre of legal battles with HTC and Nokia in Germany

As the tech giant revises its revenues, it looks to be turning its attention to new revenue streams

This year the distributor is focussing on an international expansion

BT-owned operator won all six awards up for grabs and has emerged the best network for the 11th consecutive round of testing

Huawei has faced continuous scrutiny amid ‘spying’ allegations 

Next round of spectrum auctions will be split between the bandwidth that is available and coverage obligations to achieve

The distributor has sponsored the Mobile News Awards for half a decade

Both internal appointments will report to sales and commercial director Phil Brown

Ingleby has worked across a number of different sectors and was most recently at Assurant  Exertis has announced the appointment of Howard Ingleby to the newly created position of programme director for the UK and Ireland. The role sees Ingleby reporting to Exertis chief operating officer Richard Hinds and he will be tasked with the

Mobile repairer has relocated from St. Matthew Street in Ipswich

Reduction in exhibitors is final nail in the coffin

New appointment recently left rugged handset manufacturer where he was brand manager

According to academics the media expectations of AI applications are too high which is putting a lot of pressure on developers

New devices have the monqi operating system for parents to monitor their children’s behaviour

Dowd suddenly left O2 as group sales director in September last year

The global market for second-life mobile devices is going to reach epic growth say the Phoenix men

Former O2 CEO Matthew Key has joined the BT board as a non-executive director. He has also assumed roles as a member of the audit and risk committee and the nominating and governance committee. During his time at O2, Key struck a deal with Apple to exclusively range the first iPhone in the UK in

Distributor will continue to provide all Huawei products

New deal sees Genuine distribute BMW, Ferrari and Mercedes-Benz branded accessories amongst others

The dealer adds new office to those in Hull and Leeds as it expands into the North East

Four price plans offer a range of perks, from WiFi and PayPal devices to business support

Henry West joined FluidOne from Hull-based internet service provider KCOM

McMillen joins Virgin Media Business from July 23

Lathwood has been at UKFast since 2000 and is the longest serving employee at the cloud firm

Comms director will step down to concentrate on his health

The distributor will be doubling the headcount in its Security Business Practice team and a Centre of Excellence set up in Warrington

After 25 years at Access Communications Philips makes the move.

Alcatel UK and Ireland country director William Paterson (pictured above) says they are number three in the UK by volume

Daisy Group managing director David McGinn predicts the rise of Device as a Service and notes the importance of new regulations coming in May this year

Sheehan previously ran enterprise business at Vodafone Ireland and has taken the reins after Phil Mottram departed Vodafone UK in October

Industry veteran joins Eurostar after six-year stint with Exertis

Industry veteran joins after departing IP Solutions

He replaces Dylan Price, who left the business in March

Former Azlan boss will develop new sales opportunities with partners and customers

Külünk joins from Vodafone dealer CommsXchange

Ian Sempers will step down to focus on other endeavors with Ian Aitken to step up as director

He will join in July and replace Jim Michel, who left the business at the end of last year

Business owner and former CEO James Phipps takes executive chairman position at leading Vodafone B2B dealer

Rainbow Communications sales director Stuart Carson (pictured left) tells Mobile News his thoughts on what might happen this year, including the end of ISDN and PSTN lines, and what it means for businesses

Barclay Communications managing director Britt Megahey tells Mobile News his thoughts on what might happen this year, including IoT becoming more common in homes and digital assistants

Genuine Solutions sales and purchasing director Bav Majithia tells Mobile News his thoughts on what might happen this year, including the significance of wearables in our lives and the evolution of Internet of Things We believe that the overall marketplace will continue to grow and develop as manufacturers continue to compete for share of wallet

Supercover Insurance director of sales John Fannon tells Mobile News his thoughts on what might happen this year, including consolidation and continued domination by Samsung and Apple

Gusto Telecom managing director Jolyon Bennett tells Mobile News his thoughts on what might happen this year, including movements by the networks and the decline of the iPhone

ANOVO UK sales and account director Ron Harckham tells Mobile News his thoughts on what might happen this year, including the growth of smart home devices and the prevalence of artificial intelligence 

UTL managing director Claire Walters, tells Mobile News her thoughts on what might happen this year, including how vital a fast turnaround from high street retailers will be to networks 

Mdee managing director Tanny Jeffrey, tells Mobile News her thoughts on what might happen this year, including the resurgence of Machine to Machine, the rise of Internet of Things and the strengthening of 4G

Tech Data managing director Matt Child  tells Mobile News his thoughts on what might happen this year, including more consolidation, quitters and Brexit

Alcatel UK and Ireland country director William Paterson tells Mobile News his thoughts on what might happen this year, including the rise of online mobile phone sales, 5G and wearable technology

Huawei sales and marketing director Rhys Saunders (pictured centre) tells Mobile News his thoughts on what might happen this year, including the importance of smartphone cameras and battery to contribute to the development of virtual reality

Three UK director of customer strategy Danny Dixon tells Mobile News his thoughts on what might happen this year, including consumer control, the rise of SIM-only and the challenge of retaining customers In a saturated market, mobile providers have to work harder than ever to stand out from the crowd. I believe that the future mobile […]

Vodafone UK corporate and external affairs director Helen Lamprell, tells Mobile News her thoughts on what might happen this year, including the separation of Openreach from BT and incoming challenges for UK businesses

O2 sales director Ben Dowd tells Mobile News his thoughts on what might happen this year, including the blurring of lines between work and personal lives and improving customer experience

Clodagh Murphy also joins the company as its new chief operating officer