Italy to ‘cleanse’ market of inactive and low-spending customers

Forty-seven of the UK mobile industry’s leading figures give their views on the brewing storm ahead, and the silver linings that might break through the clouds in 2009

T-Mobile UK stabilised somewhat in Q3, following a rough first half of the year. UK boss Jim Hyde takes the positives, and looks to outpace rivals for growth next year with a superior 3G network and more super phones

O2 stretched its lead over its UK rivals by some margin in the last quarter. James Blackman speaks with chief executive Ronan Dunne about the momentum O2 UK has built up and ways to move the industry forward

As Carphone opened its flagship Westfield Shopping Centre store, Devika Sen-Gupta spoke to director Andrew Brem about the retailer’s ever diversifying portfolio

All the major mobile retailers were present and correct at the opening of Europe’s largest in-door shopping centre, Westfield, at the end of October. As was the Mobile News Mystery Shopper, after a latop/mobile broadband bundle. How would the new stores cope with our topical request?

Nowhere is the huge repair job being carried out on Orange UK more evident than in its shape-shifting retail estate. Michael Garwood speaks with UK retail director Sian Doyle

As the UK’s largest MVNO gears up for its assault on the mobile broadband market, Mobile News spoke to Virgin Mobile managing director Graeme Oxby about broadband, mobile ads, SIM-only and the explosion of new MVNOs

After a torrid Q2, Sony Ericsson has regrouped and is readying its assault on the Christmas trading quarter. Mobile News spoke to John Harber about content provision, megapixels, range size and resisting the supermarket cash-in

The global mobile advertising market is worth £1 billion, with some analysts predicting that figure is set to rise massively in the next few years. But what is driving this surge, and what form will it take? Mobile News investigates