Independent retailer Get Connected remains confident of hitting 7o stores across Southwest and Wales by end of year

Southwest retailer hands keys to 20 stores to staff to run as franchises, with further 20 sites earmarked for coming weeks

Daisy Communications sells to AIM-listed broadband provider Freedom4, which also buys reseller Vialtus; Daisy founder pockets 30 million in cash and £51 million in shares

Southwest retailer Intek lays off staff in head office and store estate but web channels retain its buoyancy

European Commission receives commitment from mobile phone industry to pack universal USB chargers with handsets by next year

GSM Association looks to advance use of embedded mobile devices and applications

France Telecom restates CFO’s claim Orange is not interested in T-Mobile UK, despite reports claiming negotiations are far down the line and a bidding war with Vodafone is to break out

Fonehouse Holdings brought out of administration through purchase by new trading company, Fonehouse Group, as 91 jobs saved

Carphone Warehouse is to start selling Vodafone contracts in stores again on Friday (July 3), for the first time in almost three years

Apple taking increasing number of customers from BlackBerry-maker RIM, but only as RIM expands successfully into broader consumer market