Vodafone pulled its advertising from social networking website Facebook this month after its advertisements appeared on a page connected to the British National Party (BNP).

T-Mobile has signed a deal with BSkyB to broadcast a host of Skys mobile TV channels.

T-Mobile UK has appointed Allison Murray as corporate responsibility manager.

Vodafone today announced that it has decided against selling a portion of its 45 per cent stake in US mobile operator Verizon Wireless to Verizon Communications.

Virgin Media has appointed Graeme Oxby as managing director of Virgin Mobile.

Surrey-based handset and accessories distributor The Accessory People (TAP) last week outbid more than 10 other businesses to buy the naming rights for the defunct European Telecom (ET) business.

The House of Lords and UK mobile industry bodies have ruled out a proposition to impose rigorous identity checks on people purchasing SIM cards.

3 is still considering clawing back airtime and usage costs from dealers, despite cooling to the idea since the channel reacted angrily to the initiative in May.

Vodafone chief executive Arun Sarin said Vodafone had nothing to lose from missing out to a rival network on an exclusive deal for Apples much-hyped iPhone.

20:20 and Unique Distribution have lost Tesco Mobile business to Data Select, Mobile News understands.