European Telecom (ET) is likely to have to wait until April to front HMRC in the courtroom to reclaim eight million pounds of VAT.

Mainline will drive recruitment of its elite B2B dealer club this year.

Redstone Mobile said it wanted to increase the number of dealers selling non-mobile products from 25 per cent to 40 per cent next year.

Kent-based distributor MoCo has appointed former Data Select head of connections Adam Miller as head of sales. He replaces Harvey Alexander, who has left the industry.

Distributor Comm Sense will look to expand significantly in 2008 with managing director Barry Moore confident the business has now stabilised following the demise of European Telecom (ET).

Hugh Symons Communication (HSC) has launched its BlackBerry Partner Programme which it said was the UK’s first official BlackBerry distributor channel partner programme.

Unlockers were angry last week at the speed with which Apple is releasing software updates for the iPhone, rendering their work useless.

Orange has signed a deal with sports broadcaster Setanta to be the first mobile operator in the UK to broadcast Setanta Sports 1, 2 and Setanta Golf on its mobile TV portal.

Southwest retail chain JAG will undergo significant expansion in January after it completed its move to its new headquarters in Perranporth, Cornwall.

T-Mobile has released a new 40 pounds Flext tariff across all channels, giving dealers 10 pounds more commission per connection than on Flext 35.