Staff Reporter

O2 has unveiled the UK’s first large scale trial of NFC (Near Field Communication) technology on mobile phones.

Newark-based service provider Timico is aiming to double the amount of business partners selling more than two of its products.

Data Select has struck an exclusive deal to supply the new JCB Toughphone to Phones 4U from the end of this month.

UK mobile users are now sending 1.2 billion texts per week, the same number sent during the whole of 1999, said the Mobile Data Association (MDA).

Nokia has announced that sales of its N95 handset have reached the one million mark in the UK.

The mobile adult content market is set to be worth $3.5 billion by 2012 according to new research.

Frequency Telecom will move to new premises in February to keep pace with its sales growth.

Hugh Symons Communications (HSC) has split its account management team into separate retail and B2B divisions, under the banners ‘Shop’ and ‘Office’.

HTC has announced the Touch Cruise, the third member of its Touch family and the first to feature GPS.

Truck drivers with cargoes of mobile phones have been warned to watch for hijackers ahead of Christmas.