Staff Reporter

Lebara gained revenues in excess of £333 million last year, the highest amount it has ever reported

France Telecom and Deutsche Telekom file joint venture proposal for review by European Commission

GCI Telecom Group, which trades under the brands Edge Telecom and IPI, has bought telecoms service provider Invomo for an undisclosed fee

Orange to provide additional SME support with updated business plans, offering extra to companies signing or re-signing to Business Solo or Business Infnity plans

Web giant Google to open up its own distribution centre in mainland Europe to facilitate supply of Nexus One handset to European consumers

Carphone fixed line unit to demerge from retail business in March, as expected, with former Orange UK chief John Allwood to be announced as anon-executive director

Nokia is launching the Growth Economy Venture Challenge to come up with ideas on how to improve the lifestyle in developing countries through mobile technology

The VX1i Party Phone was one of Tesco’s best selling mobiles in the two weeks leading up to Christmas, shifting over 10,000 units

Restructure of Samsung UK and Ireland sees music and video player division come under control of vice president for mobile Mark Mitchinson

Brightpoint signs fulfillment deal with HTC for distribution of Google Nexus One handset from Google web store