Staff Reporter

In this week’s festive edition of the Mobile News podcast the team takes a look back at their predictions for 2007 and make new ones for the year ahead.

O2 has questioned the new mobile number porting (MNP) regulation that industry regulator Ofcom laid down this month. Ofcom has set the deadline for MNP to be cut from five days to two hours by September 1, 2009.

Hugh Symons Communications (HSC) has released Orange’s home broadband propositions, Home Starter and Home Max, to the dealer channel.

T-Mobile has released a new 40 pounds Flext tariff across all channels, giving dealers 10 pounds more commission per connection than on Flext 35.

Bristol-based mobile retailer Smart Talk will launch a web business next year, which it reckons can treble its revenue.

LG has sold 310,000 Viewty handsets across Europe since its launch five weeks ago.

O2 has launched its Enterprise Centre for corporate resellers.

Microsoft is rolling out its in-store training programme on Windows Mobile devices in Q1 next year.

Nokia said last week the opening of its first flagship store on London’s Regent Street has been delayed until the New Year.