But broadband customer projections halved to 200,000 thanks to credit crunch

Carphone UK chief steps down from group board to take position at head of European retail joint venture with Best Buy

Network also offering free home broadband to to mobile broadband customers

UK network now boasts 18.7 million customers as Q2 growth jumps eight-fold, but parent company Telefonica shows 48 per cent decline in revenues

Handset distributor unveils website for its top dealers to share product roadmaps and provide extra sales info

Sony Ericsson increases UK market share by five per cent, to 25 per cent, as it gears up for Q4 dogfight for top spot with Nokia

Nokia N95, Sony Ericsson C902 and Samsung Tocco available for ‘free’ on GBP 75 per month deals, instead of standard GBP 35 priceplans

Ethnic MVNO Lycamobile is close to signing with Orange in the UK as it pursues 750,000 UK subs in first year

3’s top dealers to get commission bonuses on sales, rather than at month four of customers’ contracts

Phones 4U looks to Samsung’s Tocco handset to counter the iPhone effect on the high street