Customers of Jamster and Jamba across Europe the Middle East and Africa will have access to 250000 full track downloads from the EMI catalogue. Headline acts include KT Tunstall Coldplay Depeche Mode Queen and Corinne Bailey Rae.
Jamster managing director Markus Berger-de Le³n said: Working with EMI means that we have joined forces with a very important major music label. We are extremely pleased to be able to present our customers an even more diverse selection of music ringtones and videos from great EMI artists.

Several larger independent dealership chains have been tipped to form a buying association in the coming months.

Daventry-based dealership Go Mobile Gwent-based dealership Get Connected and Paignton-based dealership Intek have held informal discussions about the possibility of uniting to secure better handset deals and network commercials claimed sources last week.
JAG headquartered in Cornwall has also been linked with a possible buying group. An association of all four would account for 175 retail sites stretching across southern England and the Midlands. (JAG has 81 stores Go Mobile has 35 Intek has 30 and Get Connected has 29.)
The larger dealers ones with more than 10 or 15 shops are constantly in talks about pooling their resources said a source. Because none of them are quite big enough on their own and they are struggling long-term to get the figures to stack up.
Another dealer source said: Most of those guys have talked about the possibility of combining in some fashion. Independent dealers are finding it really tough out there. They have to do something. The top guys run really good businesses and it makes sense for them to pool their resources.
One distributor who is familiar with their businesses said: It is quite a sensible thing to do. They are all good companies and it makes sense for them to get together in some fashion in a consolidating market.
No formal talks have been held at this stage but a buying association for SIM-free kit has in effect already been established through Go Mobile managing director Iain Humphrey s Sellfone 3G EPOS system which links with Humphrey s Shebang hardware distribution business.
Sellfone 3G is installed in around 450 independent retailers across the country including Get Connected and JAG. Shebang doubled its turnover to £10 million in three months at the end of last year following the launch of a web version of its Sellfone 3G software and the fulfilment deal with JAG.
Humphrey is on the verge of signing a similar fulfilment deal with Intek managing director Manny Hussain though Hussain was unavailable for comment.
Humphrey said: We are doing fulfilment for JAG and may sign a deal with Intek too. I am happy to work with John and Manny as customers. But I have never held formal talks about this kind of thing. Rumours have occurred because our relationship is so good.
However George said: It wouldn t be viable.

It has also launched a recruitment web site and will advertise career opportunities in store and in targeted trade campaigns.
Phones 4U operations director Tom Shorten said: We want to bring more quality to quality teams. Traditionally the application process for retail is poor applicants drop their CV in-store and wait around to hear. Its not spot on. We want to make it easier for applicants.
So far it has appointed eight staff to its recruitment team. The remaining positions will be filled in the next two or three weeks.

FCS chairman Ted Beddoes said: The award is richly deserved and makes a fantastic end to the 25th anniversary year of the FCS. It is great news that through her diligent work the FCS and its members are being recognised in this way the UK continues to present a dynamic competitive environment with great opportunities for the new and developing businesses the FCS represents.
The award recognises Brookes work in representing small and medium enterprises to the Government and the telecoms regulator Ofcom.
Brookes has been involved in the radio fixed-line and mobile telecommunications industry for more than 15 years. Membership of the FCS has increased more than threefold since she took the role of CEO in 2002.
Brookes was originally appointed in 1990 to manage FCS trade association projects. Her experience covers representation to government and regulators on radio spectrum competition markets and consumer issues. She has also developed self-regulatory schemes including industry codes of practice staged conferences and seminars and built up the FCS s information services.

Based in Oxfordshire Comment manages and supplies handsets to high street and non-traditional retailers around the UK such as Amazon Comet WH Smith Woolworths Littlewoods Shop Direct and Sainsburys.
But Comment managing director Michael Richardson dismissed the idea that it is a traditional distributor.
We only buy stock to order and we try to encourage direct supply from the manufacturer to our customer where appropriate he said. That tends to be at odds with the traditional distribution model.
He added: In an ideal world the customer would simply receive their phone direct from the factory cutting out all the middlemen.
The companys unaudited financial results for 2006 show a turnover of £27.4 million with pre-tax profit of £600000.

The opening was attended by Telfords mayor as well as Mainline Digital Communications managing director Andrew Boden. Geko has enjoyed a successful relationship with the Orange distributor.
The Orange-accredited business mobile specialist has expanded to employ 80 people since its formation in 2001 by local businessman and now managing director Dave Carter. There are also plans afoot to recruit up to 50 more staff this year and a further 10 at its Birmingham site.
Our move to Telford has already afforded us enhanced productivity and greater recruitment opportunities he said.
We are now in a position to welcome more staff to the team.

Brooks was formally product manager at BenQ-Siemens. His responsibilities at Unique include network approval processes for vendor placement and Tesco Mobile products
He will also be working on projects such as Uniques exclusivity deal with German VoIP-to-mobile convergence supplier IPdrums IP Voicelink product.
Brooks said: It is great to be staying in the mobile space and Unique Distribution gives me the an excellent opportunity to expand my experience and knowledge and to see a different side of the industry. If nothing else it is a great chance to play with more than one manufacturers products.
IPdrum is a palm-sized box that connects to a PC via a USB link. It contains a standard mobile SIM card while allows it to open a direct link between a mobile handset and a computer.
Users are not restricted to any particular model of phone or any extra hardware or software they just need an IPdrum box and an extra SIM card and mobile subscription.
Brooks said: The IPdrum solution connects Skype to any mobile phone allowing users true mobility as well as low cost or free international mobile calls.
Brooks claimed that using a second SIM card meant that the offering truly brings VOIP to any mobile anywhere.
Unlike all other mobile VOIP solutions the Voicelink does not rely on Wi-Fi special handsets 3G or any other limitations he added.

All dealer service calls will now be fielded by 3s call centres in Maidenhead and Mumbai.
At a meeting last week 3 said there would be 120 redundancies but staff numbers in Glasgow would remain at around 375.
The staff cuts come after it made 130 roles redundant from its Maidenhead headquarters before Christmas.
3 said the move is for customer service reasons. But staff outside its city-centre offices in St Vincent Street said it was just to save cash and outsource work.
We are focused on providing the best service we can for the complexity and range of issues we need to cover for customers said a 3 spokesman. We will do all we can to support these people in seeking new roles within 3 and outside the business.
3s Glasgow call centre has been open since 2003.

O2 is to fork out GBP 10.5 million in staff bonuses after stores hit growth targets three months ahead of schedule.

O2 signed up one million customers in 2006 taking its subscriber base to over 17 million. Staff hit the targets by October.

O2 will be pay a GBP 1000 cash bonus to full-time O2 employees and GBP 500 for part-time employees. It set up the scheme – called Thanks a Million – last year to incentivise staff to hit the million mark.

O2 UK CEO Matthew Key said: We are delighted to have smashed our targets for growth and we continue to go from strength to strength. This is the result of great effort and dedication from every single person who works for O2. Our people are at the heart of our enterprise and true customer loyalty can only be achieved by an engaged and motivated workforce putting our customers needs first.

The programme was created to rally everyone to deliver a complete O2 experience for customers that is consistently better than the rest and to reward our staff for reaching it. Weve hit our target of a million net customers three months ahead of schedule. I am delighted to announce the GBP 1000 cash bonus today and I believe its vital that everyone at O2 continues to share and benefit from the growing success of our business.

The company plans to repeat the Thanks A Million programme in 2007 – this time based on customer satisfaction ratings rather than new connections. The GBP 1000 bonus will stand.

The 20:20 Mobile Group has renamed its Global Fulfilment Services international distribution arm as 20:20 Fulfilment as part of its wider branding initiative.
Global Fulfilment Services exports handsets to more than 60 countries. It has agreements with manufacturers in 14 countries and claims a customer base of more than 800 network operators service providers and retailers.
But 20:20 denied claims by some industry sources last week that it had shut down Global Fulfilment Services for good.
A spokesperson said there had not been massive redundancies as rumoured and that the restructuring of 20:20 under new owner Doughty Hanson was ongoing.
It has not been closed. It has simply been renamed 20:20 Fulfilment as part of the groups branding initiative. It is and will continue to be a profitable business said the spokesperson.
There is still speculation about the arms future however. Sources close to 20:20 reckoned staff numbers at Global Fulfilment Services have dropped from 30 people to three since 2005 when the division was doing around £300 million sales. Now however it is said to be down to £100 million.
One senior distribution source said: Sales on the international side have dropped. It only has three staff left. The rest have been sacked for poor performance or else they just havent been replaced. There is a feeling that the company has had to pull its horns in because it has been waiting many months for millions of pounds of VAT refunds.
Earlier this month 20:20 Mobile appointed former-Dell Computer executive Peter Hubbard as its new managing director.
Hubbard spent 11 years at Dell running various sales and marketing functions across the business. He replaces Rod Millar who left in November
20:20 Mobile Group CEO Mark Ryan said: Peter brings with him a wealth of experience of working for the worlds largest computer supplier. He has considerable experience of delivering results within a constantly changing market.
Hubbard added: 20:20 Logistics is a great business that operates in a dynamic market. Im looking forward to the challenge of taking the business forward.