Switzerland led the way in Europe with South Korea atop the global pile

Oppo is the fifth-biggest smartphone vendor in the world and launched in the UK last year 

The first batch includes tens of thousands of face masks

The Chinese vendor unveiled three new phones at their online launch but a UK release date was not announced

Partnership with Vodafone will help the vendor according to COO

Honor-commissioned Canalys research reveals colossal growth in demand

Donovan is tasked with developing the European side of the business 

Huawei was granted a limited role in building 5G networks in the UK last week by the government 

Omar Riaz replaces Sarah Edge in UK&I role

Apple first introduced the Lightning cable in 2012 and are expected to fight back against the vote

Continent must take a vendor-agnostic approach to industry

AWS Wavelength supports ultra-low latency by enabling compute and storage services at the edge of Vodafone’s network

Verve Connect are eyeing growth across Europe next year

Samsung takes top spot as Xiaomi sees largest growth

The Orange Neva Jet will go on sale on 21 November in France

Devices available from end of October onwards

Enreach making UK play to bolster dreams of being best in Europe

The Hong Kong-based manufacturer is looking to refocus its sales strategy after challenges in UK Hong Kong-based manufacturer Nuu Mobile has cut ties with its main UK distribution partner Data Select and seen its headcount in the country cut in half as part of a major revamp in the UK and Europe. The company now

Huawei suffers due to political controversy

4G roaming is also available in 156 destinations Vodafone has announced that its 5G roaming service has launched in Europe and is available in 55 towns and cities.  The service is live across Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK, including capital cities such as Madrid, Munich, Rome and London.  Vodafone has claimed that no other

The Chinese vendor is confident of competing in the UK ZTE has highlighted its aim to make the UK a major market for the Chinese firm in Europe, as it expressed confidence that it can compete with rivals in 5G build-outs. Speaking to Mobile News at the Global 5G Event in Valencia in Spain, ZTE

O2 hope to showcase the first ‘proof of concepts’ of the project by 2020 O2 has partnered up with the European Space Agency to support a project that trials technology for connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs). The collaboration comes as part of a four-year trial programme called ‘Project Darwin’ which aims to test connectivity solutions

Analysis comes the same day as Facebook bans pre-installed apps on Huawei devices

Europe accounted for 14.5 per cent of total global smartphone sales in the first quarter of the year, as Chinese brands flourished in the region with sales up 39 per cent YoY 

Oppo entered the UK in January and has also entered Poland, Turkey and Switzerland this year

Observers say it is arguably Oppo’s first big smartphone launch since it entered the region last year

The smartphone is competitively priced at £175 – £219 and will release in the UK on June 5

Polish vendor mPTech has hired Data Select to help it push for four million sales in the next year

Both firms took £216.7m in revenue in total Exertis has acquired German audiovisual distributor Comm-Tec for an undisclosed fee. Comm-Tec generated over £78 million in its last financial year and employs over 150 staff across Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy and Spain. The company distributes products from audiovisual vendors such as Barco, Brightsign, Chief, Gefen, Middle

Older iPhone users driving sales of more affordable 12th-gen device

BT CTO says Huawei tech is “18 months ahead” of competitors

Nuu will focus attention on a number of European markets in 2019

Latest entrant into the market is lead by Robert Pryke who has experience at Wileyfox, Siemens Mobile and Samsung

European smartphone shipments fell four per cent to 197 million units in 2018

Industry veteran French was with the Nokia-brand-reviving vendor for almost two years

Thirty per cent of the population of Western Europe is expected to receive 5G coverage in five years

According to academics the media expectations of AI applications are too high which is putting a lot of pressure on developers

Latest artificial intelligence agent follows the Google Assistant, Siri from Apple, Bixby from Samsung and ThinQ from LG

Booking.com, Skyscanner and KAYAK are among new partners

Huawei Pay follows similar payment apps such as Apple Pay, Samsung Pay and Android Pay

Western Europe president Walter Ji reveals 5G chipset testing is on schedule for commercial use 

Chinese manufacturers lead from the front in putting 5G in the hands of consumers next yea

The launch of the Nokia 7.1 gives HMD a stage to reveal its growing confidence as a top player

The UK will receive the smartphones at a later date compared to the rest of Europe

Mobile solutions developer wants to double its number of licences Mobile solutions developer FutureDial is targeting to sell over one million mobile repair and diagnostics software in Europe by the end of 2019. FutureDial, backed by venture capital firm Venrock, has sold over half a million solutions in Europe since launch in July last year, […]

Canalys reported Q1 2018 shipments was down across Western Europe overshadowing growth in emerging Eastern Europe

The deal expands Vodafone’s cable reach to challenge German market leader, Deutsche Telekom

The 5T is sill available at O2

Europe is expected to be left behind in the race for 5G as US and China lead the way

Joint venture agreement after smartphone maker enters administration

He has spent 17 years with parent firm Huawei and vows to maintain dedication to the UK

The communications provider is still on target to hit total revenue projection of £754m by year end

Sky Mobile has announced that from June 1, all customers will be able to use their monthly texts, calls and data allowance in 36 countries in Europe. Calls to both mobiles and landlines to and from the EU are included and any consumer on Pay As You Go, calls and texts will be charged at

They will be able to use their inclusive minutes, texts and data allowances in 47 destinations

HTC president of Europe Greig Williams tells Mobile News his thoughts on what might happen this year, including the stepping stones to artificial intelligence and growing relevance of Internet of Things

  The company was awarded the certificate in the Employer of the Year category

Proposed time limits on surcharge-free roaming scrapped ahead of new plans to be introduced next year

Company strengthens offering with capture of French electronic office supplies distributor

Deutsche Telekom veteran also becomes VP of Honor Global and will establish the brand in the European market while building and expanding its marketing and sales 

He also takes over daily UK responsibility from Peter Frolund, who will now drive Vive sales in Europe

The new partnership will allow Project Fi customers in the US to use data services across Europe

Destinations include Berlin, Barcelona, Paris, Brussels, Stockholm, Amsterdam, Rome and London

Revenues could fall, prices could rise and jobs could be lost if Britons vote “yes” to Brexit

The consultancy company looked into the mobile shopping habits of consumers and retailers

US case-maker is targeting retail partnerships after launching “Guardian” cases for iPhones and Samsung Galaxy devices

Visa Europe director claims size will at least double as adoption and availability expands

The Korean handset maker launched the range at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) at the start of the year

The special promotion ending March 31 applies to devices purchased on a Tel.plan 300 tariff

5,000 staff in Cork headquarters were temporarily forced to leave sites as police searched the premises following security alert 

The ruling follows a Romanian engineer’s accusations a former employer had breached the Human Rights Act

Annual event was due to be held in Brussels next week (December 3) but has been postponed due to ongoing terror concerns in Belgium 

Customers purchasing bundle now receive 6GB of UK data, as well as 100 minutes, texts and 500MB of data to use in 35 countries

Mystery Caller is planning to go travelling in Europe over the summer. He already has a phone but needs a SIM-card that won’t cost a fortune when used abroad. What deals do the networks offer for roaming?

Marios Ktisti and Fergal Donovan among those that have left as part of a new strategy to boost effectiveness in each individual market

Accessories distributor will bring charger manufacturer’s products to European retailers for the first time

Deal is the second between the pair in the past month after they rekindled their relationship following an alleged fallout that lasted more than six months

The retailer said it wants to replicate its performance in the UK across other markets

Five-year relationship between the retailers to come to an end in a move Carphone says simplifies its ownership structure

Events, which will enable resellers to get hands-on with the various devices running the operating system, to take place in 13 cities over 25 days

First half of the year more challenging than company expected, leading it forecast that its full year performance will be below current market expectations

Retailer will sell both the black and white variants when the Nokia handset goes on sale on May 14, over two weeks later than previously announced

Data from www.gsmexchange.com

Data from www.gsmexchange.com

20:20 Mobile plans “full scale supply chain” for Eastern and Central Europe

European like for like sales down by 1.7 percent due to a 8.8 per cent drop in connections during Q4

Reshuffle sees James Browning’s role extended to cover Central Europe with Fredrik Rudberg takes control of Nordic countries

Andrew Harrison and Graham Stapleton promoted to lead Best Buy Europe, Carphone Warehouse’s retail joint venture with US giant Best Buy, as Scott Wheway returns to the US shareholder

Vodafone will allow customers across Europe to use data services at a lower price as it aims to draw in more users from expanding smartphone market

Handset distributor Brightpoint set to open Swedish and Slovakian ‘centres of excellence’ in early New Year, as reorganisation of European business gathers pace

Trader platform gsmExchange building support; says weakened dollar increasing exports from US to Europe

Multi-million pound marketing campaign launches today, as Vodafone confirms cut-down OneNet service and millionth OneNet customer