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IFA: Sony launch world’s slimmest and lightest tablet

New Xperia Z3 Compact tablet is just 6.4mm and weighs 270g

September 4, 2014

IFA: HTC unveil new Desire 820 smartphone

New “affordable” mid-range 5.5 inch screen device is aimed at “entertainment lovers”

September 4, 2014

Olive beats 900 tech companies to best website award

B2B dealer rated above firms such as Ingram Micro, Mitel, Cisco, Gamma and Peach Telecom by TECHtionary, which says it excels in navigation, clarification, infographics and animation

OneCom scores two-year sponsorship deal with Portsmouth FC

Vodafone Platinum Partner to sponsor one of the stands at its home ground and also becomes its exclusive mobile supplier

John Doughty joins protective case manufacturer Tech21

Doughty becomes accessory firms new ‘global commercial director’ three months after quitting Brightstar 20:20

OneCom pays £1,000 each to 150 staff for Vodafone award

CEO Ridge keeps bonus pledge after B2B dealer claims Platinum Partner for fourth year running

Daisy Distribution adds One Net Business to its portfolio

Airtime distribution sets up accreditation programme for partners and offers bonus of Â£1,000 to those connecting accounts of more than 12 seats from now until September

Ethos rebrands as part of SME sales drive

Rebrand places unified communications at centre of the firm’s marketing

Vodafone rev-share woes continue to irk partners

A number of dealers are reporting continued delays with rev-share payments following its introduction last year

Andy Tow to leave Avenir/Chess Partner Services

Mobile News understands Chess Partner Services (formerly Avenir Telecom) MD Andy Tow put on gardening leave – ending his six-year affiliation with the firm

Exertis sponsor Mobile News ‘Wearable Tech – Hope or Hype?’ conference

Tickets now on sale for our second ‘Beyond Mobile’ event – this time discussing the opportunities around wearable technology, a market estimated to be worth £5 billion by 2018

Olive spends £8m buying software firm SafetyBank

Vodafone Platinum Partner makes its tenth acquisition in two years, with chief executive Martin Flick describing it as a ‘game-changer’

OneCom catches IT deal with Ageas Bowl

Vodafone Platinum Partner to provide IT support and restoration and back-up services to cricket ground in what is its biggest IT service contract to date

OneCom named Vodafone ‘Platinum Partner of the Year’

B2B dealer wins accolade for the fourth successive year, with CommXchange named as the first Total Communications Partner of the Year

Mainline offering free delivery of products throughout July

Offer open to dealers placing orders on distributor’s new online ordering system, which it claims provides them with an easier way of doing business with it

Ingram reveals debut recycling programme

Distributor combines with CANAI for offering to mobile reseller channel

Vodafone profits as Olive bags 6,000 connections from O2

Major contracts with CitySprint and Murphy Group worth around 3,000 connections each

Alan Barry: Salesman with an AK-47

MUST READ: Explosions and blood thirsty mobs. Phone salesman Alan Barry discusses his extraordinary career working in some of the most hostile and dangerous destinations on the planet

Connect Telecom moves into telematics

New connectivity service from Northern Irelands only Vodafone gold partner

LG team up with McAfee for G3 security

LG G3 smartphone to come preinstalled with McAfee Mobile Security

Chess Telecom completes acquistion of Avenir Telecom

IT and fixed line provider Chess Telecom has completed the acquisition of O2 and EE airtime distributor Avenir Telecom. Andy Tow becomes MD of newly formed Chess Partner Services division.

Huawei launch ‘ultra slim’ MediaPad M1 tablet

O2 and Carphone Warehouse to stock eight inch 4G ready device

Vodafone won’t back down on corporation tax avoidance row

Minimal UK profits and heavy investment in stores and 4G among reasons to justify decision

Busy OneCom breaks its six month record

Vodafone Platinum Partner adds Â£20 million worth of business and 25,000 mobile connections as its growth continues

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

Maintel appoints new mobile division Leader

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

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

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

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

Think Telecom targets cross-selling opportunities

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

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

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

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

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

Andrew Morley exits Motorola after seven years

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

BlackBerry exodus drives Azzurri MDM launch

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

Azzurri launches mobile device management service

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

Welcomm Comms on acquisition trail

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

Olive investing £100,000 on staff training

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

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

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

Carphone Warehouse Business launches ‘Hola Ibiza’ incentive

Two winning dealers from the O2 Approved and non-Approved leagues will win a two day trip to the Spanish island

CPW Business moving warehouse to improve partner support

Several staff have lost their jobs due to the relocation, which CPW said will enable it to provide partners with later order cut-offs and faster speed to market