Brightstar has appointed former Orange purchasing chief Mike Harris as European sales director for supply chain solutions and former Dextra account manager Rebecca Harle as European sales director for accessories.

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A massive crackdown by police on criminal gangs and thieves in London has resulted in 56 arrests and the seizure of 324 mobile phones.

European Telecom (ET) is likely to have to wait until April to front HMRC in the courtroom to reclaim eight million pounds of VAT.

Mainline will drive recruitment of its elite B2B dealer club this year.

Redstone Mobile said it wanted to increase the number of dealers selling non-mobile products from 25 per cent to 40 per cent next year.

Kent-based distributor MoCo has appointed former Data Select head of connections Adam Miller as head of sales. He replaces Harvey Alexander, who has left the industry.

Distributor Comm Sense will look to expand significantly in 2008 with managing director Barry Moore confident the business has now stabilised following the demise of European Telecom (ET).

Hugh Symons Communication (HSC) has launched its BlackBerry Partner Programme which it said was the UK’s first official BlackBerry distributor channel partner programme.

Unlockers were angry last week at the speed with which Apple is releasing software updates for the iPhone, rendering their work useless.