According to managing director Charles Dunstone the site has so far received 900 e-mails and that the 100k a month revenue will be reached if current growth continues.

The challenge in building an e-retail centre was to ensure levels of customer service were replicated on-line. Initial sales results and customer feedback clearly shows this has been achieved said Andrew Skates head of Clarity the firm which developed the website.

The site has been set up to provide post-sales support following any transaction. Customer details are held on file so that every time they log on they receive a personalised response.

The success of the site is mainly due to the fact it is easy to navigate and provides a one-stop shop service. This removes any complication the obstacle which often stands between the consumer and technology Dunstone said.

PNC has paid 300000 for the subscribers. It will pay 100000 on completion with 25000 payable after six months and the balance calculated on an earn-out basis over a 12-month period.

We are now a virtual network able to pick the best products and margin opportunities from the six leading networks over which we route our call traffic said PNC chief executive Geremy Thomas.

PNC has agreements with AT&T BT Cable & Wireless Core Telecommunications Redstone Network Services and Vodafone.

The Eircell products which will go on sale next month include Ready to Go 087 GSM mobile phones and Up-Front an off-the-shelf style option which includes the cost of an annual contract and includes ten minutes air time per month.

Also on sale is a specially designed Eircell SIM Pack which means customers can just switch the SIM card in their handset with the Eircell SIM when travelling to the South.

The SIM pack enables customers to sign up to any of the Eircell Eirtime options. The decision stems from detailed research showing how people living in Northern Ireland particularly those who travel to Dublin for business reasons on a regular basis are incurring extra costs in terms of roaming charges from their usual UK mobile service provider.

Up to this point this was the only option available to those needing to use mobile services.

Even holidaymakers travelling to Eire at weekends pay large roaming bills. For instance Northern Ireland customers currently roaming with their mobile phones in the South are paying up to 54p a minute to receive a call 30p a minute to make a call in-land and 89p a minute to make a call back to the UK. Incoming calls are free.

Eircells Northern rep Elizabeth Doherty said:

It makes sense that our services in the Republic are made available to those who travel throughout Ireland

This is a result of its recent acquisition by The Carphone Warehouse. Cellnet packages to be sold by Tandy include U at 69.99 Easylife at 89.99 and a 12-month package at 129.99.

Around 35 per cent of Tandys total sales in the last quarter were for mobile phones giving it almost four per cent of the UK market.

The first leaflet in the series is about mobile number portability and explains how and what is involved for people who want to change.

The PocketPhone Shops Truth Campaign aims to ensure that consumers are aware of all the facts and the new leaflet outlines all the factors that consumers should be aware of when considering changing to a new operator says a statement from PocketPhone Shop.

The company is so confident it is giving correct advice about portability that it says it will give any customer who decides to switch networks 100.

The leaflet explains how dual-band phones work and gives a list of dual-band models currently on the market.

The company will be launching is Cursor system after a trial with Maxon in the summer.

The Cursor technology piggybacks on to any GSM network and is said to track the position of a GSM phone to within 125m or better.

In the USA all mobile phones will by October 2110 have to be able to identify the users location for emergency calls.

Cursor uses existing GSM network infrastructure to determine the phones location after a call to selected service providers such as vehicle roadside assistance and travel information services.

It requires only a software upgrade to the phone. CPS expects this upgrade to cost little or nothing extra.

Maxon will bring out the first Cursor-equipped phones. Under the terms of its deal with CPS at least 500000 Maxon phones will be fitted with Cursor.

The Maxon handset deal ensures were well on course to deliver Cursor on schedule said Cambridge Positioning Systems chief executive Chris Wade.

Now we can focus on the applications that will use the location technology and resolve the marketing proposition.

CPS is a venture-capital-backed organisation formed in 1995.

EMCs figures confirm all our expectations about the massive and growing success of GSM said Alan Hadden president of the Global Mobile Suppliers Association.

GSM will shortly deliver new high-value services and offer a clear migration path to support third generation multi-media services.

The company offers a product called Churn Prophet that identifies characteristics of subscribers who have cancelled in the past. The resulting profile is used to predict which subscribers are likely to cancel in the future.

While it is impossible to eliminate churn Lightbridge helps transform data into actionable customer intelligence says the company.

Brian Jordan (26) was remanded in custody charged with causing grievous bodily harm to a Ben Holland-Martin with intent to harm him at his home in December 1996.

Jordan who also worked as a club bouncer is also charged with robbing Holland-Martin of his BMW cash credit card and his fathers war medals.