Staff Reporter

Staff Reporter

A shift of emphasis

Avenir Telecom overhauled its business last year to adhere to the network message on business sales. Its turnover is down, its volumes are down, but it profits are up as a result. Managing director Tanny Price tells James Blackman about the upside of business

The Cutting Room

Well it’s been some year in the industry as a whole, probably the toughest there has ever been – rollercoaster rides galore, with some falling off the cart.

BackSlap

The bar bill for Nokia’s Yuletide festivities at the exclusive Paper Club must have been slightly higher than anticipated. As the revelries ended in the wee hours Nokia UK managing director Simon Ainslie strode forward waving his plastic to settle the bill.

A Nokia World of difference

Attempting to ‘redefine the internet’ is a bold objective, even by Nokia’s standards, but just how realistic is it? Michael Garwood was at Nokia World 2008 in Barcelona to see if this really is the dawning of a new internet age

LG: Looking Good for ’09?

Following the end of a turbulent financial year, mobile industry veteran John Barton discusses how LG Mobile, and the rest of the industry, will make a success of 2009, from handset innovation to distribution and beyond