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Carphone, Phones 4U and EE confirm plans to range Galaxy S4 Mini

Latest addition in the Samsung Galaxy range of devices to go on sale in July

Excalibur and law firm pen ‘six figure’ deal

Vodafone platinum partner wins 150 connection contract, with the majority of the handsets supplied being BlackBerrys

Eleven more vendors sign up to sell CAT B15

TalkTalk, Fonehouse and Evolve included in list of firms now selling rugged handset

Phones 4U CEO Mary Grant resigns for ‘personal reasons’

Role will be taken over by Group CEO Tim Whiting

Carphone launches UK’s first online prepay upgrade service

The retailer says the service, which launches today (May 17), is a response to the increasing popularity of online shopping

Vodafone announces latest own-brand smartphone

Smart III features a five megapixel camera, 4GB of internal memory and optional NFC capability

TalkTalk’s YouView TV service sees spike in subscriptions

Around 150,000 people signed up to the on-demand TV service in the first three months of the year

Phones 4U announces white exclusive on Huawei Ascend P2

Chinese manufacturer’s flagship handset will be released in the UK in June

Vodafone receives £2.1bn dividend from Verizon share

Operator will announce how it plans to use funds in its forthcoming annual financial statement

‘Facebook phone’ set to be dropped by AT&T, according to reports

US operator AT&T is set to drop HTC First handset according to news sources in the country

BlackBerry Q10 available in white at Carphone

Colour variant goes on sale, with the retailer ordering extra stock to meet anticipated high demand

Ingram Micro Mobility sets up online shop for Arrow

White-label service will allow dealer’s customers to order products for next day delivery

Phones 4U offers places on urban boot camp to promote S4

Sessions will take place twice a week and will burn 800 calories during each hour

Mainline launches BlackBerry Z10 promotion

Mobile phone distributor Mainline will award dealers who connect five BlackBerry Z10s with an £125 bonus

Carphone to acquire Best Buy’s European stake for £471m

Five-year relationship between the retailers to come to an end in a move Carphone says simplifies its ownership structure

Carphone reports 15pc rise in Q4 revenues

UK business shows strong performance for the three months ending March 31, with contract and prepay share increasing

Q10 becomes Selfridges’ fastest selling tech product

Retailer sells out of initial allocation of BlackBerry QWERTY devices within two hours

Tech Data announces European tour to showcase Windows 8

Events, which will enable resellers to get hands-on with the various devices running the operating system, to take place in 13 cities over 25 days

Retailers hit by Samsung S4 delay due to ‘high demand’

Customers warned not all pre-orders will be fulfilled at launch for new Galaxy handset

Q10 goes on sale at Carphone’s Selfridges concession stores

Retailer selling QWERTY BB10 device for Â£579.95 SIM-free or free on tariffs from Â£36 per month

BlackBerry gives Selfridges three day exclusive on Q10

First BlackBerry 10 device to feature a QWERTY keypad will be available from the department store chain’s four locations and website this Friday

Met to launch probe into export of stolen handsets

National Mobile Phone Crime Unit to begin looking into issue next month as it seeks to clarify ‘low-level’ information it has received

Vodafone to introduce revenue share model for dealers in July

All partners given three months notice of the changes and will join those trialling the model for the past year

UK businesses risk ‘missing out’ on 4G benefits, Barclays finds

A study by Barclays shows over half of online businesses expect 4G to increase traffic to their sites, but 89 per cent have not developed their website for mobile devices

TalkTalk fined £750,000 for excessive silent sales calls

The TV, broadband and phone provider was found to have breached Ofcom policy in two telemarketing campaigns

Philip Sambrook quits Data Select for rival 20:20 Mobile

Sambrook quits Data Select after five and half years to become new sales director at 20:20 Mobile

Carphone exclusively bundles red Galaxy Tab 2 and S III Mini

Retailer offering deal on O2 for £22 a month with 300 minutes, unlimited texts and 500MB of data

CPWB’s EE dealers face further payment delays

Carphone Warehouse Business blames delayed paperwork from EE for late commissions

Daisy Group to pay dividend after positive financial results

Investors will receive 4p per ordinary share when company’s full year results are published on June 18, which are expected to be ahead of market expectations

Gamma Telecom doubles MVNO partners in a year to 100

Switching its wholesale agreement from Three to Vodafone has been the driving force behind the surge, company claims

Daisy Distribution launches O2 fixed line incentive

Dealers and their customers can receive cash bonuses, with distributor also doubling fixed line bonus to £100

Nimans ranked top of O2 JUC league table

Operator awards Nimans top partner status during February to recognise distributor’s performance

Evolve Telecom buys up Quore Technology in latest acquisition

Platinum partner takes customer base to around 80,000 connections with its second dealer purchase in a month

BlackBerry Q10 now available to pre-order from Carphone

Smartphone will be free on contract from £36 a month, with first 2,000 customers to pre-order receiving a wireless Bluetooth speaker worth £79.95

Tablets outselling PCs by 264 per cent in Irish market

Sharp growth in sales attributed to Christmas gifting market for seven inch devices

CWU warns O2 about continued below-inflation pay rises

Union accepts 2013 offer of 2.5 per cent but warns ‘low’ rises will not be tolerated by members indefinitely

ANOVO signs new repairs deal with Phones 4U

Contract extends in and out of warranty service offered to the retailer by repairs specialist, which also provides a range of after sales support functions to its customers

Phones 4U smashes first day pre-order record with Galaxy S4

Retailer giving pre-order customers the chance to win a Galaxy Camera and Galaxy Tab 10.1 each day until the smartphone goes on sale

Carphone to offer Galaxy Tab 2 with first 2,000 S4 pre-orders

Retailer to begin taking pre-orders of the Galaxy S4 from tomorrow, with every customer receiving a free accessory bundle

Daisy Group agrees new £200m banking facilities

Six banks committing an equal share of £33.3 million each as unified comms provider ramps up its acquisition plans

Welcomm acquires rival O2 CoE partner Davison Comms

Latest move represents Welcomm’s sixth acquisition in the past four years

Gang who stole £150,000 of stock from CPW sentenced

Eight youths targeted 42 Carphone Warehouse stores across London and surrounding areas

Micro-P reveals plans for assault on airtime distribution market

New Â£150k platform to drive convergence in mobile with the aim of making 2,000 connections per month before 2014

Evolve Telecom buys Vodafone gold partner Fenchurch Comms

Purchase of gold partner takes firm’s base to more than 70,000 connections on the network as it targets more acquisitions

BlackBerry Q10 to hit shelves on April 26

Reports suggest the second phone to run the BlackBerry 10 operating system to be released on the same day as the Samsung Galaxy S4

PMGC Technology acquires Veecom Systems

Deal sees PMGC become the largest Vodafone platinum partner in Scotland, taking its base past 60,000 connections

Carphone: Samsung’s S4 “the one to watch” as interest rockets

Retailer sees interest rise 446 per cent compared to the manufacturer’s flagship smartphone for last year, calling it the busiest pre-registration period it has ever seen

Gamma to run ‘Races Roadshow’ for channel partners

Sessions to show how its range of fixed, mobile and data services can help increase their business