Orange will begin selling the Apple iPhone on November 10, its retail staff have been told

HTC embarks on new re-branding and advertising campaign – six times more than its spent on any other campaign

Motorola has released a high-end handset made of 18 carat gold, diamonds and a sapphire

Fone Logistics beats Avenir to be crowned O2’s top distributor in the third quarter

Carphone takes best retailer, Orange wins best network operator, Nokia wins best manufacturer and Sony Ericsson, BlackBerry, HTC and LG take handset awards

Lycamobile has struck a distribution deal with Superdrug to sell electronic top-ups across the retailers 900 stores

Specialist manufacturer Emporia to stock handsets through distributor 20:20, also available through Carphone Warehouse’s TalkMobile offering

Belfast B2B dealer Barclay Communications comes in 19th on Deloitte Technology Fast 50 list for Ireland, company announces five year business plan to grow turnover to £70 million

Newark service provider ranks seventh in UK’s Deloitte Technology Fast 50 list

3 UK chief Kevin Russell said he expected the network to range the iPhone next year among a wider smartphone offering to seal 3’s identity as the data network