Levi Cranston (18) was remanded in custody until May 18 on eight charges of robbery with violence over a period of a month. He is accused of robbing a woman of a Sagem phone on March 25 stealing a Nokia from a man three days later and taking an Ericsson 718 off another passenger on a train between Beckenham Hill and Elephant and Castle London. Four other charges allege that he used force to rob victims Caroline Parry and Jason Bicknell of respectively an NEC DB500 and a Nokia. In another case New Zealander David Taylor has been charged with burgling the Rymans stationery shop in The Strand in London during the May 1 riots stealing a mobile phone case and two phone batteries.

Taylor was one of 13 rioters remanded in custody at Horseferry Road Court of looting the shop for mobile phone equipment during the anti-capitalist demonstrations that took place in the Capital on May Day.

The study was based on interviews with 2028 households to assess the impact of the pre-pay option.

Interestingly 20 percent of users surveyed by J.D.Power selected Virgin Mobile as their first or second choice network.

Among those contemplating switching Orange is cited most often as the potential future provider.

The study found that consumer satisfaction in the pre-pay and contract segments is driven by three identical factors but with varying impacts.

In the pre-pay segment consumers felt the top three features of importance are tariff options customer service and call quality/coverage. In the contract segment greater emphasis was placed on customer service followed by call quality/coverage and tariff options.

In the contract segment Orange led the industry in virtually every driver of customer satisfaction said J.D.Power. The study concludes that household penetration is starting to level off.

The company says its customers will be able to check how much they are spending on calls settle accounts and order new phones and accessories.

RSL Com is also doing deals with web content partners to make more information available.

Content on offer will include the Manchester United and Formula One web sites news information services and mortgage lenders.

Our sales of WAP phones are really starting to take off/ The technology has caught the interest of businesses and consumers alike. This is the first of a string of new services and information we will be offering to our WAP user base said RSL Com group business director Gary Sheppard.

RSLCom has spent 16.2 million on the installation of the UK fibre optic network able to carry more than 30000 voice data and internet calls at the same time.

Value Telecom was set up last year by The Carphone Warehouse as a balance between pre-pay and contract. After an initial charge for the handset the monthly rental is redeemable in call allowance with no fixed term contract credit checking or connection charge.

The service will cover 3000 of the most popular Stock Exchange shares.

Investors now have the flexibility to view up-to-the-minute prices on the move said Teletext finance editor Chris Clarke.

The battery is supplied with its own control card.

This card fits into the normal SIM card slot in the phone while the two network SIM cards go into holders in the reverse side of the battery.

The idea is that users can with one handset switch between networks obtain the best signal for the area choose the most advantageous tariff value according to the time of the call separate their personal and business usage and double the SIM capacity .

If the two SIM cards are from different networks the control card automatically selects the dominant network for the area when the phone is switched on.

To switch over to the other the handset is turned off and on again.

The new Double-SIM batteries are available for a wide range of both dual band and GSM mobile phones.

The majority are lithium-ion and some are nickel metal hydride. FoneRange says retail prices are from around 50.

Director Masharaf Ali said the two months the first edition of the World of Accessories Best Buy Guide has been distributed sales of mobile phones have risen by 10 per cent and accessories by 35 per cent

The campaign is designed to capture the attention of the annual 61.5 million visitors to London Heathrow 40 per cent of which are business travellers.

It tracks visitors at all points during their journey through Heathrow starting with ads on the 14 first-class carriages of the Heathrow Express which carries an estimated 14000 passengers each day.

Road users are met with 48-sheet posters on the approach roads to all four Heathrow terminals Heathrow Tunnel bridge site. There is also headrest signage and on-board information leaflets and branding on 20 taxis in and around London

At the airport there are backlit posters in the departure and arrival sections of each Heathrow terminal posters in departure waiting areas at each Heathrow terminal sponsorship of all BA Business Lounges car park ticket barriers and leaflets in cars for customers of BA valet car parking service.

On board BA passengers will see Gatefolds on the front pages of BA inflight magazines on board television advertising credit card-size information leaflets for BA Business and First Class passengers

Heathrow Airport is one of the largest airports in the world with more than 60 million visitors passing through it each year commented Helen Keays brand and advertising Director for Vodafone UK.

Paul DonovanVodafone commercial and marketing director added:

We wanted to ensure that this unique campaign captured the attention of visitors before during and after their journey through the airport with clear and consistent messages throughout. This has been achieved by securing a number of long-term commitments combined with regular upweights throughout the year.

The Heathrow campaign is part of the 20 million Vodafone is spending over the next few months on a massive TV poster and press push based around its new You Are Here Arrows-themed campaign which broke last week.

Vodafone and Orange have been given up to 36 weeks to pay depending on when Orange is sold saving them around 50 million interest.

BT wants the Government to make all licensees pay within a similar timescale to avoid giving advantage to any particular bidder.

A BT spokesman said: BT is delighted to have won a 3G licence and will of course meet its obligations under the rules.

The sums of money involved are considerable. The interest on the 10 billion which Vodafone and Orange owe for their licences is around 2 million a day. This could lead to them saving close to 500 million over a 36-week payment holiday. It is only fair that all bidders should pay at the same time.

BT has demanded an early hearing. Discussions continue with the Government however in an attempt to seek a resolution.

Whiteley village is the fourth MPSstore to open within a designer outlet village.

The company currently employes around 300 people. It was voted BTCellnets Retailer of the Year last year based on the number of connections it had achieved for the network.