Vodafone’s Vittorio Colao, Telefónica’s César Alierta and Google’s Eric Schmidt among Mobile World Congress speakers next year

3 hands Terminate the Rate petition to Ofcom with 114,000 signatures, CEO Kevin Russell claims 3 would pay the merged T-Mobile/Orange venture £3.5m in MTRs each month

Distributor Comm Sense has signed a deal with epay to supply its retail network with prepay SIM packs

Distributor Avenir Telecom has announced it is to offer O2’s fixed line proposition Joined Up to its dealer channel

Samsung launches developer contest to give competitors the opportunity to generate new apps for its smartphones

Orange will begin selling the Apple iPhone on November 10, its retail staff have been told

HTC embarks on new re-branding and advertising campaign – six times more than its spent on any other campaign

Motorola has released a high-end handset made of 18 carat gold, diamonds and a sapphire

Fone Logistics beats Avenir to be crowned O2’s top distributor in the third quarter

Carphone takes best retailer, Orange wins best network operator, Nokia wins best manufacturer and Sony Ericsson, BlackBerry, HTC and LG take handset awards