Vodafone reins in growth forecast and indictaes huge cost-cutting, yet analysts applaud and shares jump

What are the implications for GSM Gateway disputes in UK courts of recent rulings in Europe on such matters?

Box breaking is back with the Christmas prepay market hotting up. Hard to police and tempting for staff in the current economic climate, retailers must dissuade employees with the right incentives

Vodafone chief Arun Sarin’s handover to Vittorio Colao looks like great timing in light of a plummeting Vodafone share price

Devika Sen-Gupta considers the astonishing success of mobile broadband sales, and of its proponents misleading sales tactics

The recent successes of smaller UK distribution companies Brightpoint GB, Kondor and Shebang show the old guard the way ahead

Ian White is bemused by media reports that the Government is considering forcing people to produce official ID before they can buy a prepay mobile

Tim Gee reviews 3’s decision to break ranks with its rivals and support Nokia’s music play

O2’s messy commission changes signal its intended exit from the dealer channel, and there are software issues with Parrot’s CK3100 carkit and Nokia’s 6300 and N95 handsets

It seems the indirect channel is starting to vent its anger at distributors, rather than O2, for miscommunication over its commission structure changes.