Staff Reporter

Nokia N95, Sony Ericsson C902 and Samsung Tocco available for ‘free’ on GBP 75 per month deals, instead of standard GBP 35 priceplans

Sony Ericsson increases UK market share by five per cent, to 25 per cent, as it gears up for Q4 dogfight for top spot with Nokia

Handset distributor unveils website for its top dealers to share product roadmaps and provide extra sales info

UK network now boasts 18.7 million customers as Q2 growth jumps eight-fold, but parent company Telefonica shows 48 per cent decline in revenues

Network also offering free home broadband to to mobile broadband customers

Carphone UK chief steps down from group board to take position at head of European retail joint venture with Best Buy

But broadband customer projections halved to 200,000 thanks to credit crunch

Loss-making handset manufacturer sold to French venture capital firm Sofinnova at cost of 220 million euros to parent company Safran

UK market contributes half 3’s European mobile broadband subscriber base