Vodafone has announced that it will offer free calls to UK landlines or unlimited texts to customers that take out monthly price plans costing £40 or above.

3 has promoted current director of handsets Fergal Walker to director of product management.

Sony Ericsson president Miles Flint has stepped down from his position in order to take a short career break.

Smartphone and PDA manufacturer i-mate is searching for a new financial director after Gregor McNeil stood down last month.

Samsung is backing the launch of its F210 swivel phone, the followup to last years X830 Blush, with a %uFFFD1.5 million marketing campaign, kicking off on October 1.

LG yesterday unveiled its latest 5.1 megapixel camera phone, the LG Viewty, which will be released in October.

Nokia has today unveiled plans for a music download store and global gaming service.

Orange has terminated around 150 dealers in a massive crackdown on third party distance selling, cashback promotions and churn rates.

Virgin Mobile is targeting cheap acquisitions in the contract market, starting with a mail shot to group cable customers next month.

VoIP provider Truphone has upgraded its service to make it available over 3G and to provide free text messages.