Before joining Dolphin Henson was sales and marketing director of PMR company NB3.

One 2 One said his appointment reflects the importance that One 2 One is placing in the business market a priority for Deutsche Telekom the companys new owners.

Under the agreement with Psion European Telecom will become a distributor of the newest additions to the palmtop range the Revo and Series 7 products as well as the popular Series 5MX.

European Telecom has created a major launch plan to support dealers introducing the Psion product range.

The campaign includes extensive trade advertising and point of sale merchandising.

The agreement with Philips Consumer Communications for DECT phones further extends European Telecoms product portfolio and is a second major win for the company. Philips has just launched two new product ranges – Kala and Onis. European Telecom will distribute the complete range of handsets and base stations and supporting equipment for both products

Also European Telecom group operations director Colin Cartwright has joined the companys main board as an executive director.

Cartwright has been with European Telecom for more than four years.

He oversaw the move into the Groups high-tech distribution and logistics centre and also led the implementation of a new fully integrated computer-based finance and logistics system which included the introduction of an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) management system.

Before joining European Telecom he spent several years as managing director with Bose and KEF Audio.

Cellnet has been plagued by prepay fraudsters using the credit card numbers and expiry dates of non-BTCellnet customers to top up their prepay phones illegally.

Card Clear will provide payment card verification.

The company claims to be a market leader in fraud prevention services. It collates and distributes files of lost and stolen cards and offers an on-line service to retailers and card issuers.

The organisation said it last year stopped over 120000 fraudulent transactions preventing an estimated 30 million in fraud losses.

BTCellnet had been more susceptible to credit card fraud than the other networks because it did not require pre-pay users to register their personal details which could be checked when an attempt to top the phone up by credit card was made.

The new company which will focus on infrastructure will be called Mobisphere and will be headquartered in Reading. It will be 51 per cent owned by Siemens.

NEC and Siemens expect to start selling UMTS products in 2001 to reach 1.5 billion units in 2004 capturing 20 p

McCaw and a group of existing ICO investors will provide $225 million in debtor-in-possession financing as well as $275 million in a second financing round expected to be completed by the end of January 2000.

Debtor-in-possession financing is emergency financing that is converted into equity when ICO emerges from bankruptcy.

McCaw and his affiliates have also agreed to underwrite the remaining $700 million exit financing expected to be completed by second quarter 2000 upon consummation of the reorganisation plan.

He will invite existing and additional strategic and financial investors in ICO to participate in this remaining portion of financing.

McCaw chairman of Teledesic and Eagle River said:

It is our hope that by working with ICOs team and international partners we can bring the company back to good health and make a contribution to global communications particularly in the developing world. We recognise that this is a big job and that theres a lot of work ahead of us. Our investment in ICO marks the first step in our strategy to widen the technological tools at our disposal and serve a broader group of customers.

The McCaw-led investment will enable ICO to raise the $1.2 billion it needs to complete the build-out of its system and to provide working capital to the company up to the launch of its global mobile satellite services in the second quarter of 2001.

Richard Greco ICOs chief executive officer said:

ICOs future just got brighter. This financing agreement provides us with a clear path to exit from Chapter 11. Now we can move forward aggressively with our plans to complete our system and launch our global mobile voice and data services. We are particularly pleased to be partnering with Craig McCaws team and benefiting from their broad experience in wireless communications?

McCaws investment is subject to approval of the USA Bankruptcy Court the Bermuda and Cayman Island courts as well as certain other conditions.

Until the end of the year London buses black cabs and Underground stations will carry advertising for the SGH-2400.

Samsung is targeting the ABC1 sector of the population with the campaign which starts on November 22. The TV campaign will run on Carlton Channel 4 LWT and Meridian until Christmas Eve.

Vodafone is trying to appeal to young independent thinkers with the ads which parody the style magazines they will appear in such as Loaded Cosmo and Arena.

One ad shows models holding and wearing a house brick.

At first glance the ads appear to be stylish fashion photography. But the use of bricks in the place of a mobile phone adds an amusing twist to their visual impact says Vodafone UK brand and advertising director Helen Keays.

The ads were produced by agency BMP DDB.

Security guard Joseph Lawson (20) and unemployed Leroy Semper (23) had been charged with forcefully robbing Fuzum Tewende of his phone and wallet at the Flames Burger Bar in Victoria Station in August.

The prosecutor said both men would be re-charged.

Fryatt reports to Charles Dunstone and will be responsible for week-to-week operations of the UK business and managing the integration of Tandy Tecno and The Carphone Warehouse into one group whilst retaining their individual strengths.

Fryatt spent five years with Woolworths before joining Tandy as buying and marketing director in 1986.

I am looking forward to the challenge of overseeing the ambitious UK expansion plans and helping to strengthen The Carphone Warehouses Group presence in the High Street said Fryatt.

Our reputation for giving simple impartial advice will place the company in a strong position in the complex photographic equipment and hi-tech markets.

Added Charles Dunstone:

We are delighted to have Andrew on board to oversee the UK operations. His previous experience with Tecno and Tandy and general retail background will be invaluable in this role.

It will be Portillos first major speaking engagement since becoming Conservative candidate for the Kensington and Chelsea by election. Other speakers at the 32nd telecommunication Managers Conference include BT chairman Sir Iain Vallance and ITN chief executive Stewart Purvis.