Michael Garwood reflects on the 2009 Mobile World Congress, and big claims from the GSMA about the role the mobile industry can play in the suffering world economy

The verdict from the channel on Orange’s new Business Sense tariffs, which replace its Venture plans

Sony Ericsson repeats last year’s MWC trick, launching huge fanfare for a device that won’t be out for ages, while the rest of the manufacturers hype green issues

Handset distributor Brightstar looks, from the outset, to be defying the recession. Certainly, if its airtime moves in the UK and its expansion into Germany come off, it would appear to be the case

Former Vodafone channel chief and Anglia boss Andy Smith on the future for mobile dealers/distributors

The Apple iPhone sells itself. So why display it in the first place? It runs contrary to good retail theory, but perhaps an exception should be made in light of robberies in UK O2 and Carphone stores, writes Ian White

The withdrawal of southwest retailer JAG’s £2.3m overdraft by Lloyds is the action of a newly parsimonious bank against a heavily indebted client in a sudden economic recession

“Steadily unspectacular” is how leading City analysts dubbed Vodafone’s Q4 figures, out last week

Independent consultant Alasdair Jeffrey says it is time for salespeople to go back to basics. The original mobile express, a gravy train on biscuit wheels, is down to its axles

Store staff feel the squeeze as networks and multiples change their targets and footfall slows