Staff Reporter

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

The mobile industry is to lead the consumer electronics sector as smartphones gain in popularity with $17 billion in revenues this year

Ethnic MVNO Lebara is to air its first TV commercial on Eurosport during the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations football tournament

Truphone has updated its Android application to integrate instant messaging and accounts for other VoIP services

XLN increased its customer base by 25 per cent in 2009, also recording an all-time high for customer service