Angie Simpson’s number two at Dextra, and head of distribution, Dominic Barnes is set to join Elite Mobile as sales director.

Birmingham-based web and telesales dealer Dialamobile went under last week, leaving millions of customers

London-based service provider Alternative Networks has snapped up B2B reseller The Telecom Centre, which trades as Echo Communications.

The new and improved Mobile News Podcast is up and running and is now sponsored by 20:20 Logistics and the Nokia N95.

T-Mobile UK managing director Jim Hyde said last week T-Mobile is not set for an exit from the distribution channel.

An upgrade to Vodafone’s billing systems caused the network to go down last week, causing disruptions to customers.

Polish billionaire Roman Karkosik has pledged $1 billion (£498,000) to the development of new UK MVNO Extreme Mobile and sister company Advantage Cellular Communications, which comprises Advantage Business Solutions and Advantage Cellular in the UK.

The non-specialist retail channel is the focus of distribution’s efforts ahead of the Christmas rush, with several distributors looking to bolster account management for the channel and retailers setting their stalls out.

BT will launch prepay through its Mobile Fusion service in early November.

Service provider Timico has expanded its dealer base from 20 to 150 in 12 months, more than half of which run active monthly accounts.