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Samsung head of sales Warren Saunders joins rival Sony Mobile

Saunders quits Samsung after five years to become UK and Ireland sales director at Sony

EU introduces new caps to halve mobile data roaming costs

Internet activity now costs 16p per megabyte, with the cost of making calls falling 21 per cent to and sending a text by 25 per cent to 5p per message

Dixons Carphone merger to complete in early August

Deal set for completion subject to shareholder approval. Carphone shareholders will vote at AGM on July 15th

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

Carphone sets sights on IT market for airtime attack

New online affiliate programme to help drive 30,000 new mobile connections this year

Ingram Micro promises to bring the noise to B2B

Firm vows to educate the market on its breadth of services as part of brand refresh; Admits UK perception needed improving following the purchase of BrightPoint in 2012

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

Carphone Warehouse meets expectations with full year results

Connection base falls by 6.4 per cent to 8.4 million at mobile phone retailer

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

P4U offers free Adidas trainers with latest HTC One handsets

Customers will win a personalised footwear worth more than Â£100 when they take out a contract for the One (M8) or mini 2

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.

Exertis Micro-P shuffles mobile management structure

Stuart Bruce (pictured) takes on new role of head of services and accessories sales and is replaced by returning Joe Officer at distributor’s Attach division

Daisy to run World Cup handset sales incentive

Dealers to draw teams, with winner receiving a Sony Xperia Z1 Compact smartphone and wireless charging mat

Huawei launch ‘ultra slim’ MediaPad M1 tablet

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

Mainline to run promotion for dealers to celebrate World Cup

Every handset purchased will act as an entry into a prize draw that includes a behind-the-scenes tour of the FA National Football Centre

Relish targets London broadband market with wireless offering

New wireless 4G broadband service available in capital initially with nationwide rollout planned

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

Brightstar 20:20 sales director Hollis leaves after just two months

Former EE veteran, who was head of indirect retail at the operator for a year, departs the business

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

Frequency wins exclusive Catalyst Lifestyle supply deal

Company to exclusively provide retailers in the UK and Eastern Europe with durable cases for a range of iPhone models

Maintel appoints new mobile division Leader

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

HTC One Mini 2 goes on sale in the UK

Compact version in the manufacturer’s smartphone range now available from Phones 4u, EE and O2, with Carphone and Three to follow in the coming days

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

Andrew Peat set to join Carphone Warehouse

Former Brightstar 20:20 and Dixons man set to be named new category manager ahead of Â£3.8 billion merger deal

Data Select shifts office to Globe Park in Marlow

All 80 office-based employees moving to renovated premises, which also houses Peter Jones-owned companies eXpansys and Jessops

Nokia Lumia 630 gets May 29 release date in the UK

Low-end device to be priced below Â£100, making it the cheapest Lumia smartphone to date

Daisy sees 129pc increase in Vodafone connection targets

Surge comes as a result of a dealer incentive in partnership with the operator and Nokia, which saw nine dealers will a three-night stay at the Valderama Golf Club in Spain last week

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

Phones 4u CEO Kassler ‘disappointed’ by Dixons Carphone deal

Retailer’s CEO claims Phones 4u concessions in Currys and PC World stores only contributed less than 10 per cent of its overall turnover and so the impact “will not be significant to our business”

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

Phones 4u and O2 selling Moto E at discounted rate

Handset that was launched yesterday already being sold at a discounted price by two retailers

Exertis Micro-P looks to wearables boom

Distributor will offer full range of Samsung wearables and will offer training to its partners on the market opportunity

Archos releases touchscreen Android netbook

ArcBook first to market with Android touchscreen netbook which comes pre-installed with Office suite Pro 6

EE aims to ramp up presence in Scotland with franchises

Six of the operator’s 35 shops in the country targeted to transfer to a franchise model, while other locations pinpointed where it could use franchisees to expand its presence

Gusto targets tenfold turnover rise to £30m by end of 2015

Growth plans follow move to new 20,000 square foot premises and blueprint to recruit a further 25 staff this year

Data Select strengthens its retail sales army

Two appointments made, including that of former Nokia senior national account manager Rob Hunt

Think Telecom targets cross-selling opportunities

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